DIY Will - Omissions?

madbadrob

Can I ask why 60 days for her to survive you?  The law only requires 28 days.   That said and if thats the first thing in law I find incorrect id get a solicitor to do it for you.  Use the free will month for charity where a donation usually around 80 quid or a legacy in the will pays for the will to be made

Rob

madbadrob

poppystar said:

I’m confused as to how the 60 day survival clause can work for an executor. Would your wife have to wait 60 days to prove she was still alive before beginning executorship? If she starts it and then dies within those 60 days then effectively that clause is redundant anyway as dead people can’t be executors. Easier just to have reserve executors or two or three executors and let the others renounce if your wife wants to do it. You say they all get along so that should not be an issue.

As I have posted today the legal requirement is 28 days and this one clause is enough to have anyone question the validity of the will

Rob

lincroft1710

madbadrob said:

poppystar said:

I’m confused as to how the 60 day survival clause can work for an executor. Would your wife have to wait 60 days to prove she was still alive before beginning executorship? If she starts it and then dies within those 60 days then effectively that clause is redundant anyway as dead people can’t be executors. Easier just to have reserve executors or two or three executors and let the others renounce if your wife wants to do it. You say they all get along so that should not be an issue.

As I have posted today the legal requirement is 28 days and this one clause is enough to have anyone question the validity of the will

Rob

You've replied to a 2 year old post

Pollycat

lincroft1710 said:

madbadrob said:

poppystar said:

I’m confused as to how the 60 day survival clause can work for an executor. Would your wife have to wait 60 days to prove she was still alive before beginning executorship? If she starts it and then dies within those 60 days then effectively that clause is redundant anyway as dead people can’t be executors. Easier just to have reserve executors or two or three executors and let the others renounce if your wife wants to do it. You say they all get along so that should not be an issue.

As I have posted today the legal requirement is 28 days and this one clause is enough to have anyone question the validity of the will

Rob

You've replied to a 2 year old post

It was a different poster who brought this thread back to life.
NECROPOST!!!
Old thread.

JGB1955

Still an interesting thread though......

Pollycat

JGB1955 said:

Still an interesting thread though......

But not much point asking questions two years after the original post - imho.

madbadrob

Pollycat said:

lincroft1710 said:

madbadrob said:

poppystar said:

I’m confused as to how the 60 day survival clause can work for an executor. Would your wife have to wait 60 days to prove she was still alive before beginning executorship? If she starts it and then dies within those 60 days then effectively that clause is redundant anyway as dead people can’t be executors. Easier just to have reserve executors or two or three executors and let the others renounce if your wife wants to do it. You say they all get along so that should not be an issue.

As I have posted today the legal requirement is 28 days and this one clause is enough to have anyone question the validity of the will

Rob

You've replied to a 2 year old post

It was a different poster who brought this thread back to life.
NECROPOST!!!
Old thread.

You know what I hadnt checked the date of the original post and was replying to a "new post"  its really funny though because I have just done what I was moaning to the wife about.  People starting new threads on old posts oops.  

Slaps my own wrists and walks to the stupid corner

Rob

boingy

There is a definite case to be made for automatically locking threads 6 to 12 months after the last activity.