Wills Need To Be Written For Single Parents

By Author: Steven Tomey
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This is scenario written in the first person illustrates just some of the implications if you do not write a Will if you are a young single parent:

My Dad is Superman - at least that's what I thought. He was just Thirty-Five when he taken away from me by a tragic accident and my world has just fallen apart.

As well as sadness I feel anger and frustration that he never made a Will.

Ok, you could argue that he wasn't to know the impact after all the Government tend to keep things low key in this respect. In fact, the cynic in me would quip that this is so they can get there hands on as much inheritance tax as they can! However, he could have proactively asked the Citizens Advice Bureau or a friend but I guess just assumed he was too young to make a Will.

Regrettably, I have lived the ordeal and say this in the hope that I can save just one person from treading the same path as he did. I now know writing a Will would have made such a difference particularly if it was drafted by a professional Will Writer.

How has effected me? Well my mother eloped when I was small, in fact I barely remember ...
... her, but the courts have decided that me and my younger brother have to move to Manchester to live with her. It's just not fair. I don't know anyone there, hey I don't know her. And She's got a baby, call me selfish but I know I'll be roped into changing nappies and all sorts.

A correctly written Will would have aided my case to stay with my Aunt in London. In a Will my Dad could have specified preferential Guardians and supported the sentiment with an accompanying letter of wishes. Both of these would have carried weight in the Courts.

The other thing I resent is my mother still is automatically entitled to the first £250k of our Estate as my parents never divorced. I mean she breaks his heart when he's alive and still got the upper hand! If he had made a Will and written clear instructions he could have attempted to ‘exclude' her or made at least made his intentions clear so the Courts would have a reference point.

In the unlikely event my Aunt wins the appeal to look after us then she'll be need to go back to work full-time as to cover the extra cost as my brother is still at school. You'd think that this should come out of the £250k first wouldn't you - but no, the Government operates a process called the ‘law of intestacy' which only really benefits the spouse unless you're mega rich.

My Mum's also threatening to take away my Dad's car which I've been using to get around. She says she is the rightful owner and I'm too young to drive and bound to be reckless. It's intentions like this that demonstrate we are going to struggle to see eye-to-eye.

My girlfriend has been great since my Dad has gone. I don't know how to tell her I'm about to loose my wheels and potentially moving to Manchester. She's a great catch. Ironically her Mum wrote a Will and and she was left a large sum of money in a trust which becomes available to her on her 18th in July, and I think she'll be off.

I have only just turned 17 but I already know the first thing I will do on my 18th is to make a Will. Although I have my adulthood years ahead of me: good professional Will Writing Services will allow you to update Wills as your life progresses so it makes sense to protect yourself and the ones you love as-you-go.

Niche Wills offers a professional Will Service in London. Think carefully. Protect yourself today.

Richard Stokes
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