Confirmation Statement when a will is written in a previous married name

ChristinaGray

Hopefully somebody can help.  In the dec laxation part it asks the deceased full name.  The notes say the name used on the will.  My mother in law remarried after writing this will so this is not her name at death.  What name do you put?  Thank you for any help.

ChristinaGray

oops declaration apologies 

Keep_pedalling

Did she write the will in contemplation of marriage? If not the the will is invalid.

ChristinaGray

Hi the will was written right after her husband died.  She was older when she remarried and owned already owned her home so she didn't change it, as she wanted to leave it to her 2 grown up sons.

Keep_pedalling

ChristinaGray said:

Hi the will was written right after her husband died.  She was older when she remarried and owned already owned her home so she didn't change it, as she wanted to leave it to her 2 grown up sons.

So she wrote it between marriages, I am afraid the second marriage still invalidates the will, although if she is leaving everything to her sons’s then it should not matter as that is where it will go under intestacy rules, although it could have been disastrous if she died first. 

Flugelhorn

which country? - certainly in England the will is invalidated on marriage unless it was specifically written in anticipation of the marriage - Scotland is different 

buddy9

ChristinaGray said:

Hopefully somebody can help.  In the dec laxation part it asks the deceased full name.  The notes say the name used on the will.  My mother in law remarried after writing this will so this is not her name at death.  What name do you put?  Thank you for any help.

The name used at death would be entered on page 1.
In box 1 of page 2 enter the name used at death and the name used in the will.

For example - Jean Alexander Brown previously known as Jean Alexander Smith

ChristinaGray

buddy9 thanks again.

ChristinaGray

Buddy9 do I just print it off and send it or can I make an appointment to drop it in and take ID with me?

ChristinaGray

buddy9 said:

ChristinaGray said:

Hopefully somebody can help.  In the dec laxation part it asks the deceased full name.  The notes say the name used on the will.  My mother in law remarried after writing this will so this is not her name at death.  What name do you put?  Thank you for any help.

The name used at death would be entered on page 1.
In box 1 of page 2 enter the name used at death and the name used in the will.

For example - Jean Alexander Brown previously known as Jean Alexander Smith

Flugelhorn said:

which country? - certainly in England the will is invalidated on marriage unless it was specifically written in anticipation of the marriage - Scotland is different 

Flugelhorn it is in Scotland thanks.

buddy9

ChristinaGray said:

Buddy9 do I just print it off and send it or can I make an appointment to drop it in and take ID with me?

I think they are often posted, but I hand delivered one last year after making an arrangement by phone to do so.