Cheapest of the cheap cheap weddings...

Tunstallstoven

Thanks for all the very helpful responses. And so quickly too

barbarawright wrote: »

You can ask the register office people to provide witnesses (they can't do it themselves but they'll point you to the nearest council office. If you go down this route, it's standard practise to give chocolates or flowers to the witnesses (speaking as someone you used to do witness duty regularly)

I didn't realise that and in fact it sound quite ideal. Is there a charge for it aside from the chocs/flowers? Or do the witnesses do it on a voluntary basis (apart from the chocs/flowers!!!)

Thanks again

Owain_Moneysaver

You may want (or need) to update your Wills.

And I think you should at least celebrate with a M&S £10 meal deal!

Mojisola

Seagull27 wrote: »

My partner and I are considering getting married

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You may want (or need) to update your Wills.

This is important. Getting married will invalidate current wills (unless they were made fairly recently and include a phrase such as 'made in anticipation of marriage to ....".

Tunstallstoven

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You may want (or need) to update your Wills.

Actually, one of the reasons for tying the knot is so that we don't have to pay to have wills done. We don't have any wills at the moment. That being said, I guess we'll need wills for the *if we both die together* possibility. Damn - call the wedding off!

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

And I think you should at least celebrate with a M&S £10 meal deal!

You're kidding, right? As my wife I'll be expecting her to cook from scratch. And not just on that day, but for the rest of her miserable life!

Owain_Moneysaver

Seagull27 wrote: »

Actually, one of the reasons for tying the knot is so that we don't have to pay to have wills done.

That's a false economy because getting a standard Will written would probably cost less than you're planning on spending on getting married, apart from all the other advantages of having a Will.

Tunstallstoven

Fair enough and good point. I can see now that we'll need to get our wills done too.

But I still think marriage may have other potential financial benefits...

Tunstallstoven

Seagull27 wrote: »

You're kidding, right? As my wife I'll be expecting her to cook from scratch. And not just on that day, but for the rest of her miserable life!

My "fianc!e" has just read this over my shoulder and now the whole thing's called off.... Damn! I guess I'll have to go to the others I've kept in the side lines then :kisses:

Mojisola

Seagull27 wrote: »

Fair enough and good point. I can see now that we'll need to get our wills done too.

But I still think marriage may have other potential financial benefits...

Such as a £650k threshold for inheritance tax instead of £325k - a bargain!

While you're getting wills done, look at Power of Attorneys for each other as well.

Tunstallstoven

Mojisola wrote: »

Such as a £650k threshold for inheritance tax instead of £325k - a bargain!

£650k...? £325k...? :eek: A bargain maybe, but well above the kinds of sums we deal in!

Mojisola wrote: »

While you're getting wills done, look at Power of Attorneys for each other as well.

Thanks - will do. Presumably then that doesn't become an automatic thing if married?

Upsidedown_Bear

Info about Power of Attorneys here:
https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/overview