December 25
Spend more money — the most ignored piece of financial advice An FT poll of financial advisers has found many are frustrated at wealthy clients for not bothering to make a will or lasting power of attorney – if they do it’s a cheap one unfit for purpose. Nigel Jones of JMD Law said an LPA, can be worth its weight in gold against the costs of having to apply to the Court for a Deputyship Order for someone to have the authority to look after your finances and property if you suffer dementia.
December 21
Probate fee changes to hit bereaved families Some 230,000 families a year will be forced to hand back financial support received after the loss of a loved one to pay for higher probate fees planned by the Government. Nigel Jones of JMD Law believes that parents of younger children are the most disadvantaged by the changes, adding: “Estates need probate, even when the spouse is the beneficiary, so it really is a tax on the bereaved.”
December 15
Assets not split equally It has been reported that only half of over-55s split their estate equally, with growing numbers basing their decision on personal factors such as how well a person treated them during their lifetime. One in 10 also give some family members less money than they do others because they are wealthier, as they wish to help out those with financial difficulties.
December 10
Loophole allowing gold-diggers to marry the vulnerable MP and lawyers say “gold-diggers” are exploiting a legal loophole by marrying vulnerable elderly people and later inheriting their estates despite not being beneficiaries in a will. This is because few people are aware that marriage invalidates previous wills and once mentally incapable, only a Court can authorise the making of a new Will with all the difficulties that brings of having to show that the vulnerable person never wanted the new spouse to inherit. . Campaigners are trying to enact a law to prevent “putting marriages before wills”. Nigel Jones of JMD Law said “reform is urgently needed as the population ages and cases of dementia rise. This is a situation which has led to unscrupulous suitors marrying vulnerable people knowing that they will be deemed mentally incapable of drafting an updated will”.
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