If you were me would you have a will ? - Page 2

 

On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:20:53 -0000, john mayfield wrote:


Here in the states, the will is basically a directive for the probate
court. Without one, the court then has to figure out who gets what.

What you should do is, spend a little time in the local library and see how
wills are written. Also find out how the law treats estates when no will is
present. In many cases, the estate is given to the surviving spouse
automatically, then to any heirs.

You may also be able to find "kits" for the UK at a local book store.

Unless what you find on the internet is from a bona fide legal firm, I
wouldn't do business with them.

 

On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:20:53 +0000, john mayfield wrote:


I'm not so sure that beneficiaries of a will can be appointed executors.
Conflict of interest and all that.

HTH



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"Aardvark"  wrote


They most definitely can be appointed as executors, and they are on my will
and were on my late father's.

John.

 

On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:45:23 +0000, John Turner wrote:


Okley-dokley. I'll take your word for it, strange as it seems to me.



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On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:01:25 +0000 (UTC), Aardvark wrote:


That would, of course, be in compliance with local jurisdiction laws.
I think it is more of tradition that an executor not be an heir.