Any Lawyers in here

Posted on Sun 13th, July 2008

• #1

Vinz

My friends dad just passed away. He made a will that said his children were to recieve his house while his new wife was to recieve the remainder of his pension. But it has just been discovered the will was written before his marriage thus apparently making it invalid. Is this true?

Pretty random question but I didn't really know where else to get free advice on the net!
• #2

bean

dude, you need proper advice for that. Start with CAB.
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
• #3

h2o

I think if you make a will in contemplation of marriage it's still valid, but I'm not a qualified lawyer so I could well be wrong.
• #4

tom.

I think that H2O is correct; as long as it was written in contemplation of marriage (to a specific person) it should be valid.
• #5

freddo

this sounds like a badly drawn up will which needs to be looked at properly - I would definitely get him to get some proper legal advice - skip the CAB and go straight to a proper lawyer.
• #6

h2o

this sounds like a badly drawn up will which needs to be looked at properly - I would definitely get him to get some proper legal advice - skip the CAB and go straight to a proper lawyer.

If I'm right (which I may not be), it wasn't badly drawn up at all - it may be that the invalidity is some spurious legal BS that someone has misunderstood.

But +lots to going to a proper lawyer.

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