Undestading will. Needs putting into layman terms

getmore4less

Ate they a beneficiary?

getmore4less

What's the real question?

Sonny4cher

Can an executrix/ trustee be a beneficary ? This is my uncles will who has passed & person A is his wife , they have no children. She has children from a previous marriage. I am basically trying to find out if my uncle has indeed left everything including money and his house to his wife and that there is no sort of trust been set up for maybe his property , so it goes back to his blood relatives after his wife passes also.

Mojisola

Sonny4cher wrote: »

Can an executrix/ trustee be a beneficary ?

Yes.

This is my uncles will who has passed & person A is his wife , they have no children. She has children from a previous marriage.

I am basically trying to find out if my uncle has indeed left everything including money and his house to his wife and that there is no sort of trust been set up for maybe his property , so it goes back to his blood relatives.

Not from what you've quoted. Everything goes to his wife.

getmore4less

Sonny4cher wrote: »

Can an executrix/ trustee be a beneficary ? This is my uncles will who has passed & person A is his wife , they have no children. She has children from a previous marriage. I am basically trying to find out if my uncle has indeed left everything including money and his house to his wife and that there is no sort of trust been set up for maybe his property , so it goes back to his blood relatives after his wife passes also.

you need professional advise from someone that has sight of the will.

life interest/interest in possession trusts are often used to in these type of cases

troubleinparadise

It would be perfectly normal for your uncle to leave his estate to his wife.

What would happen with that property/assets after her death might controlled by his will - but why would you expect it to go anywhere other than her choice zafter that if gehas left it to her isn't clear.

theEnd

Are you person B or C?

Crabapple

The will as you've stated it leaves everything to his wife, no trusts. She can do whatever she wants with it.

You may find when she dies that she has left things to your side of the family but this would be her choice and even if she made a mirror will at the same time she can change it.

Yorkshireman99

Sonny4cher wrote: »

Can an executrix/ trustee be a beneficary ? This is my uncles will who has passed & person A is his wife , they have no children. She has children from a previous marriage. I am basically trying to find out if my uncle has indeed left everything including money and his house to his wife and that there is no sort of trust been set up for maybe his property , so it goes back to his blood relatives after his wife passes also.

Despite being in unnecessarily verbose legalese the will is quite straightforward. All executors are trustees of the estate property but this does not mean there is some form of separate trust. Your uncle is perfectly entitled to leave his estate to his current wife. Blood relatives only have any rights if they were financially dependent in some way. Forget any thoughts of challenging the will. It is quite normal for an executor to be a beneficiary.

Sonny4cher

Thanks everyone