Dads Will ignored

evergreen

Thanks for the replies. My friends dad was indeed a trusting man and would have felt his 2nd wife would have done as they agreed. As one posted said at least his intentions were well intended.

slowpoke_rodriguez

Mojisola wrote: »

It sounds quite clear.

Not necessarily. The OP's (friend's?) interpretation or understanding of one or both wills may be incorrect. It may be worth getting a lawyer's opinion on the precise wording.

dashriprock

Something similar happened to my friend a few years ago... his grandparents named him in their wills along with their only child, his mother. Both grandparents died, followed by their daughter, but before her death she went on to marry and have a son by her new husband. She and her new husband made mirror wills. The grandson (who was brought up by his grandparents and mother) received nothing. His grandparents trusted their daughter to pass on their wealth to him, but upon marrying and having her new family, she changed her mind about her first son.


If the grandparents had put trusts in place, this sadness would have been avoided. This poor man has struggled for years. I agree with Pasturesnew, where money is involved sadly, many people change... or should I say... their true self emerges.


To avoid such a sadness my wife and I have recently got our will trusts in place... we went on google and typed in Money Saving Expert Wills. On its guide page titled "Cheap and free wills" MSE listed a law firm in Cambridge (not allowed to name companies or firms) but its wills department is called Expert Wills. They are open at the weekends which suited us as we're still both working (we have to keep working because we lost a fortune from our pension, but that's another story), and are offering half price wills over the phone, so we snapped up their offer... and pleasingly their service was excellent!