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What kind of Legal Agreement?

Roland_Flagg · 2019-02-04 13:29:49

Myself and my OH have been happily unmarried for over 20 years and hope to stay that way but if something untoward happens we have no legal agreements or wills set up. The mortgage is only in her name due to me not having an official job (I do matched betting from home for a living), but all bills are split equal.…

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getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite

5 February 2019 at 11:17AM edited 5 February 2019 at 11:21AM

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

I don’t read that as the 100% on death still applies after a split. Most people would make new wills on a split / divorce, it would be a terrible choice to lock yourself into a financial arrangement that could never be changed regardless of future circumstances.

They are separate events the first to happen triggers the beneficial interest at 50% or 100%

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