making your will

[robpage]

When my wife died in 2006 we were with Lloyds Bank and the joint accounts transferred automatically to my name in fact seamlessly all I asked for was to see a copy of the death certificate .

[j.sabourn]

It’s in the will. See my power of Attorney. Don’t forget to sign three times for the 1/6d. To get Robs debts he keeps down his left sock. Once you’ve got past the smell you’ve got it licked. Keeps his major debts in postage stamps. JS.

[robpage]

I wonder what Cappy's relatives will do with the Old White £5 notes and a ten shilling note that is still got in his wallet

[cappy]

I wonder what Cappy's relatives will do with the Old White £5 notes and a ten shilling note that is still got in his wallet

##let the buggers shoot each other trying to find them rob .........lol cappy

[Lewis McColl]

Sound advice all round get you will sorted out as soon as possible . Different countries different rules. When we first moved to Spain it is compulsory to have a Spanish will drawn up.
Having been married before I had to produce my divorce papers and ensure my ex-wife was written out of my will.

In France you are not allowed to disinherit your children this also includes children from a former relationship.
There is a Pantomine going on here in France at the moment. The singer Johnny Hallyday died earlier on this year. Like a lot of people in Show business he had been married before. When he divorced he agreed settlements with his ex wife and the children buying multimillion £/€ properties. He then remarried and had another child with his wife an American? All hell as broken out as he made a new will in the USA and this did not include his previous children. It would appear the former wife and children are contesting the will. They are not contesting the estate, they are contesting monies from the Royalties from record sales. Well looks as if the lawyers are going to make a fortune.

[robpage]

In England and Wales , ( I am not sure about Scottish law ) to avoid a challenge to a will from a disinherited child you have to have considered them , like to my daughter Mary I leave nothing

[Rodney Mills]

John,

here one has to take a certified copy of the death certificate and the surviving spouse or the executor/executrix gives the bank a copy of the Will and that eases the way. The Will still has to be probated and that can take time. We keep some accounts in our own name and some joint owned.

If the government sends my pension check on the fifteenth of the month and I croak within that month my wife or me have to return the money. Talk about easing the bereaved.

[Captain Kong]

If the government sends my pension check on the fifteenth of the month and I croak within that month my wife or me have to return the money. Talk about easing the bereaved. RODNEY

That happened here, When my Dad died ,his pension was payed on the 1st of the month for the month, he died on the 12th, two men knocked on the door of my newly widowed mother, and demanded the months pension back in cash.
Probably cost more in the Two men`s expenses than they collected, this was in 1975, 43 years ago.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Cappy.
We have a will also in it, Power of Attorney plus another clause tha gives the kids control of our financial affairs in case we end up a pair of nut cases. I have made provision for my body to be used by the University as they wish im a mean bastard as I don't have to pay for a funereal.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

If you have a joint bank account here in Oz then there is no problem.
We have the house and all household accounts, rates power etc in joint names.
If one falls off the perch the other can continues as normal until the other name is removed.

Specifying in a will the name of a person to whom you do not wish to leave anything is the simplest way of avoiding conflict.
I have done so with both my sisters as I have no desire to leave them even the time of day.

As to probate, here in Oz you do not always have to go through it, much depends on the individual circumstances.