Contentious Probate

I’m not happy with my late parents’ will – what are my options?

This is an increasingly common concern, particularly when parents have re-married and perhaps had children with their new spouses. However, it is not always the case that parents have ‘cut out’ their children, often they have failed to update their wills to take into account changes in circumstances, written a will that is not formally valid (a ‘home-made’ will) or not written a will at all.

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Recent case highlights the importance of making a will

It has recently been reported that two stepsisters have had to rely on a 1925 law to determine the distribution of their parents’ Estate (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/13/woman-beats-stepsister-300000-high-court-inheritance-battle/). In this very sad case John Scarle, aged 79 and Marjorie Scarle, aged 69 both passed away in their home in October 2016, but the order of their deaths is […]

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