Will Help (Quickie)

6022tivo

I'm not trolling.
I've seen plenty of wills and the need to see a solicitor to write one is just fear tatics.
They can be very simple documents.

I appreciate the advice though.

Keep_pedalling

6022tivo wrote: »

I'm not trolling.
I've seen plenty of wills and the need to see a solicitor to write one is just fear tatics.
They can be very simple documents.

I appreciate the advice though.

No it is not fear tactics, no one on here has any reason to direct you to a solicitor other than it is the right thing to do. Poorly written wills can cause major problems after you have gone, and can lead to huge legal bills. If we were just trying to make solicitors money then we would be doing silly things like telling you to make them executors as well, something we rarely do.

Getting a will made by a solicitor should be treated as a insurance policy against this. A solicitor will talk you through all the what if situations that you probably have not thought of, and they will avoid the common errors that DIY will makers often make.

Although no solicitor is infallible they, unlike will writing firms, are regulated, so in the unlikely event that they do mess up your beneficiaries have someone to sue to get recompense for the error.

Some wills can indeed be very simple, but the fact that you are having so much trouble here shows that for you it is not simple. I helped my mum do a DIY will, but it was just a small amount of cash to be distributed between my brother and her grand children. Our own wills involve property and investments and have been professionally done by a solicitor..

getmore4less

They can be simple.

yours needs work.

getmore4less

6022tivo wrote: »

The confusion about the 4 or 5th person is below.

I name a person who is my late wife's child.
The "type" or relationship is "My spouse, civil partner or partner's child from a previous relationship"

Your problem is you are using a generic relationship for a known person.

The deceased wife's child that is not yours does not need a generic relationship clause.

6022tivo

getmore4less wrote: »

Your problem is you are using a generic relationship for a known person.

The deceased wife's child that is not yours does not need a generic relationship clause.

I suppose, I was confused and I was just being sentimental. I'll work on it now.
Simple names may suffice.

Manxman_in_exile

6022tivo wrote: »

I suppose, I was confused and I was just being sentimental. I'll work on it now.
Simple names may suffice.

Why are you so set against going to a solicitor?

6022tivo

Manxman_in_exile wrote: »

Why are you so set against going to a solicitor?

I've been to see solicitors in the past and it's pretty much the same template, some talk about if the people have children in the future, and very similar click and automated forms that online companies use at a fraction of the cost.

If I had a complicated estate I would employ a solicitor.
I have a complicated relationship with one of my beneficiaries and can foresee me changing my will regularly in the next few years.

lincroft1710

There really is no need to see a solicitor.

When you die, you will have no knowledge of what will happen in this world after you have gone. So if your will causes problems, you won't be aware of it, it will not be you who doesn't inherit what you intended to be inherited. You won't be around to see or sort out any possible fallout.

For a tiny percentage of your estate's worth, just see a local solicitor who is experienced in will writing.

getmore4less

Do these online forms consider commorientes and section 33

6022tivo

getmore4less wrote: »

Do these online forms consider commorientes and section 33

Section 33 is not applicable as I live alone in my owned home.

commorientes - the 28 day clause is default like on other professional wills I have witnessed, so therefore also not applicable.