Please help, executors & step parents

paddy's_mum

Voyager2002 wrote: »

OK, so you know that there was a will. Unless there is a new will revoking the old one then the old one stands. So in law you have a right EITHER to whatever was left you in the old will OR to see that the old will was revoked and therefore to see the new will.

All this could be done easily by a solicitor: you just have to bite the bullet and pay the 30 pounds or whatever to seek proper help.

Sorry, but neither of these points is correct. Marriage automatically revokes a previous will UNLESS it was made "in contemplation of (that particular) marriage" but in any case, beneficiaries do not have any right in law to see a will until and unless it is made public via the probate services.

Cheeky_Monkey

Voyager2002 wrote: »

OK, so you know that there was a will. Unless there is a new will revoking the old one then the old one stands. So in law you have a right EITHER to whatever was left you in the old will OR to see that the old will was revoked and therefore to see the new will.

All this could be done easily by a solicitor: you just have to bite the bullet and pay the 30 pounds or whatever to seek proper help.

No it doesn't. When you marry, any existing Will is automatically revoked.

OP - you say that your Dad's previous Will made provision for his children so that they would have somewhere to live. As he owned 5 or 6 properties, he could've done that easily during his lifetime by giving you one of them but, unfortunately, he didn't.