No Will ~ Confused :-/

74jax

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

What do you plan to do if you find out the property is actually held as tennants in common?

In that situation siblings inherit their brothers portion of the house, but speaking personally I would never want to inherit under these circumstances, and would give it up in favour of my siblings partner.

But surely if the sibling wanted their partner to inherit they would have put this in a will? Yes granted they may have just 'put it off' but what if they didn't, you can only go on how things were left. And in this instance no sign the half is to go to partner.

My hubby didn't do a will as he knew I would inherit to a certain amount, and the rest to his sister/mum, so didn't bother making one. Not my ideal way round it at all, but he knew what he was doing. Since then he had made a will due to changes in who inherits what, but some people don't make a will as they are happy with who gets what legally anyway.

Keep_pedalling

74jax wrote: »

But surely if the sibling wanted their partner to inherit they would have put this in a will? Yes granted they may have just 'put it off' but what if they didn't, you can only go on how things were left. And in this instance no sign the half is to go to partner.

My hubby didn't do a will as he knew I would inherit to a certain amount, and the rest to his sister/mum, so didn't bother making one. Not my ideal way round it at all, but he knew what he was doing. Since then he had made a will due to changes in who inherits what, but some people don't make a will as they are happy with who gets what legally anyway.

Unfortunately most people in this situation do simply put off making wills, and the intestacy rules have not caught up with the fact that a lot of couples in long term relationships do not marry. Personally I could not make a grieving partners situation worse by insisting on grabbing a slice of a brother or sister’s estate.