There’s a 100% chance you will die, and with a Will one way or another.

The choice is whether you make it yourself (about 30% of the population ‘get around to it’) or let the government give you one via the intestacy rules!

The former allows you to make all kinds of decisions involving the people you wish to benefit and to act on your behalf. The latter gives authority for ‘outsiders’ to distribute your estate in a prescribed method, and to be paid for their services from your estate.

There are many reasons why you should make a Will. Three good ones are:

– Not getting on with one’s own family,

– Changes in one’s circumstances,

– Living with a partner.

Where families have fallen out they often don’t want certain members to benefit from their estate, yet this is exactly what can happen without drafting a Will. This is especially phentermine likely where children, parents or brothers & sisters are involved.

Typical changes in circumstances which should trigger thoughts of creating a Will are:  marriage, starting a family, separation or divorce. An old Will should also be updated when it no longer meets current needs, on average about every five years.

Many living with a partner seem to simply presume they will ultimately benefit from the estate. These wishes need to be built into a Will otherwise intestacy rules may see most of the assets distributed among the blood relatives and the partner left without.

Contact Castle Wills today to help protect your loved ones.

The results from a recent poll by the HSBC show that two thirds of parents questioned don’t have a Will in place.

As usual apathy is given as the reason by most who admit to “not getting around to it”. Around 25% state they intend to write one “when they are older”, with another 11% admitting that it had “never occurred to them”.

The single most important reason why parents need to write a Will is Guardianship.

By drafting a Will parents appoint Guardians of their choice who will look after their children, should it become necessary, until they reach the age of eighteen.

Many people don’t appreciate the implications of not having these arrangements in place, simply believing that the family will automatically take cialis over as guardians. They might well be horrified to learn that Social Services can step in and make alternative plans for their children.

As the report concludes “the fact that such large numbers of households are not planning ahead is leaving families exposed to unforeseen events.”

Contact us today, we can help you keep decision-making within the family rather than risk leaving it to strangers.