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Disinheritance/second marriage will complications

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  • Newly_retired
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    Best advice is to each make a will, otherwise your estates will be subject to the rules of intestacy, and step children of the deceased do not inherit under those rules.


    Next best advice is to consult a solicitor who will draw up suitable wording to achieve what you want.


    DH and I each have two grown up children from previous marriages and none from this marriage.
    Our wills ensure that the surviving spouse can stay in the marital home, (or indeed sell it to buy a different one), but on the second death, the property, of which we are tenants in common, is inherited according to the stipulation of our wills, ie benefitting our own and the other's children when the time comes. Yes, they may have to wait to inherit, though if there is money available, it is surely possible to find ways round this.
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