Will wording question.....

no1catman

How important is this sort of comment in a will - 'survives me for 28 days' - indeed what is the point of it? Either, one dies first or the other does!

G_M

You can get a will drawn up professionally for free.

Either during 'will week' (google it) or via various charities. Many of them (check their websites) will pay the solicitor's fees on the expectation/hope you will leave hem something in your will. There's no obligation to do so (though not leaving them anything would be pretty miserly!).

As you are finding, a DIY will is fine when it's simple, but as soon as you start getting into trusts, go professional.

jackieblack

no1catman wrote: »

How important is this sort of comment in a will - 'survives me for 28 days' - indeed what is the point of it? Either, one dies first or the other does!

Well, it depends.
Imagine that, for example, you and your main beneficiary are in an accident together and are both killed, either immediately or within a short period of time.
With the stipulation that your beneficiary must survive you by x number of days, your bequest to them would fail and your estate would then pass to whoever you stipulate will inherit under those circumstances.
Without that stipulation, if you died first, your bequest to your beneficiary would still stand and that part of your estate would still pass to them, this would then become part of their estate and subsequently be distributed either by the terms of their will, if they have one, or by the rules of intestacy.