Wills and estate planning solicitor Jill Rushton provides guidance on the impact getting re-married has on your existing Will. Jill considers the options available to ensure that your children inherit your estate and explains why careful consideration needs to be made on how you provide for your new spouse.

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*Jill Rushton is no longer part of the team at Stephensons but we are still able to assist with enquiries of this nature.

Video transcript

Marriage revokes any former Will as the law considers that your new spouse should be your primary beneficiary. If however you have made your previous Will in contemplation of marriage then there should be provision in this to allow a marriage to take place and for the provisions of your Will to stand. If this is not the case then it is important to make a new Will as soon as you are married. Alternatively you can make a Will in contemplation of marriage prior to your marriage. This can mirror the provisions of your current Will but careful consideration should be made of the way in which you provide for your new spouse in this Will. The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 known as the IPFDA or the 1975 Act allows claims to be made against an estate where reasonable financial provision has not been made for certain classes of beneficiaries which are primarily your spouse, co-habiting partners, partners and children or grandchildren who can show a dependence on your estate prior to your death.

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