Can a Will be part typed and part hand written

grandadgolfer

No offence OP but it sounds as if you will make a right pigs ear of this......plenty of ways to get a free / low cost will via workplace union / charities etc

diystarter7

Robin9 said:

It's all very well saying you will take full responsibility - but, with respect, you won't be there .

Don't ignore the daughter in law and your second son may yet produce an offspring -  I was 35 when I married.

Ps it has to be 18 not 21

Thanks

Our DiL well covered as our soon earns excess of 100k a year and has got several pensions and couple of life insurances
as we have advised him when he took out a massive mortage.

We've added our daughter name in there if she was to predease us her share would go to her nephew ie our grandson her bothers son

Hopefully all is good and as time goes on we will revise

Many thanks


btw - the reason we've not inc our DiL we've heard stories where the OH re-marrys and meet a con artist so at least grandson would have something and our son has ensured as advised by us to have proper life polices in place and he has to cover mortge and lot extra and several pensions - otherwise we would have included her as her parents have almost nothing to their name.

Thanks again

diystarter7

Robin9 said:

It's all very well saying you will take full responsibility - but, with respect, you won't be there .

Don't ignore the daughter in law and your second son may yet produce an offspring -  I was 35 when I married.

Ps it has to be 18 not 21

Robin9 said:

It's all very well saying you will take full responsibility - but, with respect, you won't be there .

Don't ignore the daughter in law and your second son may yet produce an offspring -  I was 35 when I married.

Ps it has to be 18 not 21

Yes, we've changed it to 21 for grandson
thanks

Mojisola

diystarter7 said:

the reason we've not inc our DiL we've heard stories where the OH re-marrys and meet a con artist so at least grandson would have something and our son has ensured as advised by us to have proper life polices in place and he has to cover mortge and lot extra and several pensions - otherwise we would have included her as her parents have almost nothing to their name.

If you die before your son, he will inherit his half of your estate which will become a marital asset. 

If your son dies before your d-i-l, she will inherit from him.

If you really want to make sure some of the money goes to him, you need to leave it in trust for him in this will.

Spendless

diystarter7 said:

Robin9 said:

It's all very well saying you will take full responsibility - but, with respect, you won't be there .

Don't ignore the daughter in law and your second son may yet produce an offspring -  I was 35 when I married.

Ps it has to be 18 not 21

Thanks

Our DiL well covered as our soon earns excess of 100k a year and has got several pensions and couple of life insurances
as we have advised him when he took out a massive mortage.

We've added our daughter name in there if she was to predease us her share would go to her nephew ie our grandson her bothers son

Hopefully all is good and as time goes on we will revise

Many thanks


btw - the reason we've not inc our DiL we've heard stories where the OH re-marrys and meet a con artist so at least grandson would have something and our son has ensured as advised by us to have proper life polices in place and he has to cover mortge and lot extra and several pensions - otherwise we would have included her as her parents have almost nothing to their name.

Thanks again

With all due respect, you could die leaving your son your 50% of your assets , him die a year or two later and it end up with your daughter in law that way whether or not she later marries a con artist! 

74jax

diystarter7 said:

Robin9 said:

It's all very well saying you will take full responsibility - but, with respect, you won't be there .

Don't ignore the daughter in law and your second son may yet produce an offspring -  I was 35 when I married.

Ps it has to be 18 not 21

Robin9 said:

It's all very well saying you will take full responsibility - but, with respect, you won't be there .

Don't ignore the daughter in law and your second son may yet produce an offspring -  I was 35 when I married.

Ps it has to be 18 not 21

Yes, we've changed it to 21 for grandson
thanks

21 isn't possible. This sounds a right mess........ 

TBagpuss

AS others have said, the asnwer to your original question is that yet, a will can be part types and part handwritten, however that could make it more vulnerable to being challenged as a question could arise as to whether the change was made before or after it was signed. It's more sensible to get it done properly.

YOu can providefor your son's share to pass to his childrne if he dies beofre you - this would normally happen automatically as they are your direct decendants, the only timethere would be an issue would be if you and he dies simultaneously,, in which cae IIRC the olders person is presumed to have died first, in the basence of any eveidence to the contrary . So iof you and he were in a car crash together and both died before anyone else eeached youi, then the assumption would be that you died first. It's common for will to have wording that says something like "if x predeceases me of dies within 28 days of my death death, then...." as this avoids any ambiguity of you die at more or less the same time.

AS others posters have pointed out, however, a survivorship clause doesn't prevent the possibility of your son dying after you and his wife then  remarrying, ir spenidng her inheritance without passing it on to her childnre, so if you really want to be sure that it goes to the grnadchildnreyou should write your will to include them from the outset , and if you would not want them to get their share the day they tun 18 then you absolutely need to get a proper solicitor to draw up the will and ensure that itdoes what you want it to.


If you need a will urgenty, for instnace if you are about to go in to hospital for a risky operation, then a lot of solicitors can do urgent appointmens including home visits , if you explain the reason for the urgency. 

Jude57

With the greatest respect, OP, if you're the one drafting and typing up these Wills, I sincerely hope you are having them proofread very carefully. I realise that there may be many reasons why your typing, spelling and grammar in your posts is not perfect but those imperfections in a legal document can have huge consequences.

For the avoidance of doubt, I'd also point out that you and your wife/partner both need to make a Will. There's no such thing as a joint Will.

Like many others here, I've seen and unfortunately been a victim of, a badly drawn Will. People knowing your intentions doesn't matter at all if your Will appears to say something different.

I really don't understand the penny-pinching on the single most responsible thing a person can do for their loved ones - making a valid Will.

diystarter7

Mojisola said:

diystarter7 said:

the reason we've not inc our DiL we've heard stories where the OH re-marrys and meet a con artist so at least grandson would have something and our son has ensured as advised by us to have proper life polices in place and he has to cover mortge and lot extra and several pensions - otherwise we would have included her as her parents have almost nothing to their name.

If you die before your son, he will inherit his half of your estate which will become a marital asset. 

If your son dies before your d-i-l, she will inherit from him.

If you really want to make sure some of the money goes to him, you need to leave it in trust for him in this will.

I've mentioned in our will that our grandson will have a trust set up until he is 21. I dont need to set one up but it would be if we were not here.
thanks

Thank you all for your help

Robin9

diystarter7 said:

 -  the estate is a straightforward split 50/50 and at the moment our children understand they will negotiate between the property and life inns/cast/ars etc and one keeps the house and the other the money unless there is a 100k difference then they can decide but we trust them and leave them to sort it out hence not written in.

If you are so confident that your children will do the right thing why are you bothering with a will at all ?