The answer is quite simply yes. When making a Will, married couples are required to make two Wills. As detailed in my post ‘Choosing the correct Will for you‘ a married couple can either make a Mirror Will or they can each make a separate Single Will.
If you are a newly wed with a Will made previous to marriage then you must make a Will afresh. Getting married or remarried cancels a previous Will unless the Will expressly states otherwise.
This can often throw up a lot of confusion so let me explain…..
Before you begin making your Will you should take a moment to consider what type of Will you require. There are two types of Will; a Single Will and a Mirror Will (sometimes called a Joint Will).
A Single Will should be chosen if you have no partner or if you wish to make a Will that is different from your partner’s. For example if you and your partner have differing wishes (i.e. the husband would like to leave the car to your son and the wife would like to leave jewelery to the daughter) you will each need to write a separate Single Will.
A Mirror Will should be chosen if you are married or in a relationship and both you and your partner wish the terms of your Wills to be identical. For example upon one partner’s death all of their estate is passed to the surviving partner. This excludes any specific gifts or items that are detailed in the Will (i.e. a gift of money to a relative). When making Mirror Wills, two Wills are created one for each partner.
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Yes that’s right after the huge success of our main site www.howtowriteawill.org, we have now decided to launch a blog within the site that allows you to interact with us. I built the main site with the idea to add articles on a regular basis to help explain the various aspects of Will writing including what’s involved, things to look out for and then answer some of the frequently asked questions that seem to crop up when one writes a Will.
What the main site doesn’t allow you to do is comment or pose your own questions about any of the articles. Therefore i have created the ‘How to write a Will Blog’.
I will be posting to the site on a daily basis ensuring that i cover all aspects of Will writing and, where i can, answering your questions. So i guess i better get started…..
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