Temporary free template will

UKSBD

I plan on leaving everything to my wife

At the moment I have no will but but may have a operation coming up soon.

I am thinking of just doing a temporary will using the free template as recommended by MSE so that I at least have sometghing in place before the operation

Everythingh is really simple, the template appears to do all I need it to.

Is a template like this good enough under these circumstances?

I have 2 family members (wifes sister and wifes father) who are willing to be executors.

I can look in to doing another one for botgh of us after the operation but just want somethin in place now - does this sound sensible rather than rushing things through with a solicitor?

Yorkshireman99

UKSBD wrote: »

I plan on leaving everything to my wife

At the moment I have no will but but may have a operation coming up soon.

I am thinking of just doing a temporary will using the free template as recommended by MSE so that I at least have sometghing in place before the operation

Everythingh is really simple, the template appears to do all I need it to.

Is a template like this good enough under these circumstances?

I have 2 family members (wifes sister and wifes father) who are willing to be executors.

I can look in to doing another one for botgh of us after the operation but just want somethin in place now - does this sound sensible rather than rushing things through with a solicitor?

It is better than nothing but do the job properly using a solicitor not a willwriter. and get your wife to do one as well.

Savvy_Sue

If you do not have children, then dying intestate (without making a will) will mean your wife inherits everything, and is unlikely to cause difficulty.

If you DO have children and you're worth more than £250,000 (I think) including your house, then yes a simple will would be a good idea.

But it shouldn't take long to get one in place anyway.

Brynsam

UKSBD wrote: »

At the moment I have no will but but may have a operation coming up soon.

That gives you time to sort out your will - properly. Just saying you leave it all to your wife is fine...but what if something happens to her 10 minutes before you die? You need a Plan B in your will, not just 'all to wife'.

Keep_pedalling

You should consider transferring the 2 properties you own outright into joint ownership as joint tenants, so that they would pass automatically to your wife if you were to die.

You still both need wills which should include covering the possibility that your wife dies before you or that you go together. Do not skimp on this get it done properly.

Brynsam

Tom99 wrote: »

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]If you are in England and don't have any children or grandchildren then everything will go to your wife anyway, so there is no urgent need for a will.[/FONT]

Unless she dies first...

Mojisola

UKSBD wrote: »

I plan on leaving everything to my wife

At the moment I have no will but but may have a operation coming up soon.

I am thinking of just doing a temporary will using the free template as recommended by MSE so that I at least have sometghing in place before the operation

I have 2 family members (wifes sister and wifes father) who are willing to be executors.

Don't you trust your wife to be your executor?

Keep_pedalling

Mojisola wrote: »

Don't you trust your wife to be your executor?

To be fair I think some people, don’t choose their spouse because they don’t want to lumber them with with the task at such a difficult time. But I agree she should be named as executor. The other relatives can be named as back up executors and hopefully at least one of those is of a younger generation.

UKSBD

Thanks all

The template will I have leaves everything to wife but if she dies before me everything is split equaly between children, then their children (they are only 18 and 13 though)

You can see it here - https://www.compactlaw.co.uk/free-legal-documents/will-married-man-with-children.html
(reccomended by MSE)

Regarding not trusting wife to be executor:
She would not be able to cope, I trust her sister and father 100% to do what is best for her and children (both are very wealthy and wifes sister would also be guardian if anything happened to wife)

I basically want to create the will this week and think about it more at a later date.

Is the one linked to above good enough under these circumstances?

UKSBD

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

To be fair I think some people, don’t choose their spouse because they don’t want to lumber them with with the task at such a difficult time. But I agree she should be named as executor. The other relatives can be named as back up executors and hopefully at least one of those is of a younger generation.

If I name her as a 3rd one can she just leave everything to the other 2 withouh having to see anyone, go anywhere, sign anything?

Yorkshireman99

UKSBD wrote: »

If I name her as a 3rd one can she just leave everything to the other 2 withouh having to see anyone, go anywhere, sign anything?

She will still have to sign the application form but if she reserved powers then the other two will do it all. In any case it is quite easy. Don.t name a solicitor as executor as it will cost the earth. Please read the stickies at the beginning of this forum to learn more about the whole process.