Why Make a Will?
Dying without valid Wills can cause Heartache, Distress and Misery. A carefully drafted Will can be used to protect your Family and your assets.
Making your Will should form a key part of your overall financial and estate planning. Your Will, or Mirror Wills, should ensure your assets legally go where you want them to go. A Will can also help to protect your estate from the effects of long-term care costs.
It is a certainty that none of us knows what the future will hold. However, we all have a duty to our family and loved ones to minimise uncertainty when they least need it, by ensuring our affairs are in order.
Your Will is top of the list in helping you to put your affairs in order, and reduce the burden on your family at what will be a very difficult time.
Many of our clients tell us that they had been putting off writing their Wills for a long time. It was not until they learned from The Will Advice Company how easy and painless it is to have their Will written. Nearly all our clients wonder why they put it off so long !
If you do not make a Will, the government decides who inherits your estate under the laws of intestacy. In many cases this will mean that your estate will be distributed to people who you may not wish to benefit from any assets or money you leave.
The only way that you can ensure that your estate passes to the right people is by making a Will.
The flowchart below shows how your estate could be distributed if you have not made a Will
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