How? The actual practice has vanished. It's gone a good few years now; mind you, it's now irrelevant as I got married in the meantime... and we haven't made a will together yet, so if I pop my clogs I assume my spouse gets everything and vice versa.Find out who they sold the practice to , they will have your will
...we haven't made a will together yet, so if I pop my clogs I assume my spouse gets everything and vice versa.
You know what they say about assumptions...
What happens to a deceased person's money and possessions?
How to get access to the deceased person's money and property, the rights of family members under wills and how property is distributed.www.citizensinformation.ie
Make a will, it's cheap as chips & saves a lot of hassle in the end.
Yes, we're both aware of this, but situation complicated...
The physical office may have vanished but the Law society will know if the practice still exists or who the files were transferred toThe practice vanished! I passed down the road and it was GONE!
How? The actual practice has vanished. It's gone a good few years now; mind you, it's now irrelevant as I got married in the meantime... and we haven't made a will together yet, so if I pop my clogs I assume my spouse gets everything and vice versa.
I can't believe there still is no mandatory central registry. Unbelievable.
So potentially the spouse would get nothing.
No, marriage made the previous will null and void, as far as I know.Question on this - in this case Gordanus made a will and then got married. If Gordanus does die before making a new will I assume the contents of the old will apply regardless of the fact he's got married since? So potentially the spouse would get nothing. (This of course assumes someone goes to the effort of finding the will.)
The will stands, if made in contemplation of the marriage. The Surviving Spouse has statutory entitlements, including their Legal Right Share (this share depends on whether or not there are children) and/or the right to take the Family Home. The election by the surviving spouse to take their entitlements may have a significant impact on the Will as far as the entitlements of other named beneficiaries and legatees are concerned. For example, the Testator cannot disinherit a spouse of their entitlement to the Family Home by leaving it to, say, the local Dog Charity. In that instance, the Spouse can elect to take the Family Home. This would have the effect of causing the gift of the Family Home to the Dog CharityNo, marriage made the previous will null and void, as far as I know.
Except a will made in contemplation of the coming marriage/civil partnership.Getting married or entering in to a Civil Partnership revokes previous Wills.
It won't be "registered", but — unless the work was done, like, decades ago — the law firm will still have its file in relation to the matter, which will at the very least contain a copy of the final draft of the will and may contain a photocopy of the executed will, showing that it was executed as drafted. They are unlikely to have an original actually signed by the testator and the witnesses — the client takes that away; it belongs to the client, not the law firm.I have a similar issue.The will was written by a solicitor in a large law firm.Would it be registered in a central location in the law firm?
We left out signed wills with the solicitor.I have a similar issue.The will was written by a solicitor in a large law firm.Would it be registered in a central location in the law firm?
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