•Making a Will is the only way to ensure that your estate is distributed to the people you would like to benefit from it.

•Making a Will ensures your estate passes through Probate more quickly.

•If you don’t make a Will, the law determines who will benefit from your estate and what shares. Under legal ‘Intestacy rules’, your estate can only pass to a spouse, certain blood relatives, or if there are none, it will go to the Treasury.

If you have young children, and you don't have a Will, they will likely be in foster-care.

Married / Civil Partnership Couples
Making a Will is the only way to ensure that your estate is distributed to the people you would like to benefit from it.

Unmarried Couples
Unless you have made your Will your partner will get nothing! Your entire estate would pass to your children, or if you had none, parents, siblings or further blood or half blood relatives.

Separated
If you die without making a Will, your spouse/ CP will be entitled to claim part or all of your estate.

Parents of Young Children

Through a Will you can decide to:

1.Appoint people you trust as Guardians for your children

2.Appoint Trustees to manage the assets intended for your children and

3.Decide at which age your children inherit your assets, if ever!