by Ade Oduyemi | Oct 17, 2021 | Blended Families, Last Will and Testament, Will Writing, Wills
Q I’ve a question about inheritance in blended families. My partner and I have lived together for five years. We are both 55 and have children from previous relationships. I’m sure you’ve heard of John and Ann Scarle – they each have children from previous... by Ade Oduyemi | Oct 16, 2021 | Last Will and Testament, Will Writing
‘Surely we’re too young for LPA? Lasting powers attorney are for old people. ‘ I learnt the concept of separation of powers, in a civics class some four decades ago. A young couple in the past month asked about the use of the power of attorney... by Ade Oduyemi | Oct 2, 2021 | Last Will and Testament, Will and Probate, Will Writing, Will Writing Blog
I understood the fact of missing assets one Sunday in my long-ago youth. The neighbours with whom we shared a party wall invited us to lunch. One of those affairs featuring lots of charred meat. There was plenty of undercooked meat and burnt food. What drives men? Men... by Ade Oduyemi | Oct 1, 2021 | Last Will and Testament
Not the manner of utterance from your lips. Some might suggest they were worth more dead than alive. It’s not the sort of phrase in truth one would hear of an adult. You might have heard, but spake by folk less smart than you: ‘I’m worth more dead than alive.’No one... by Ade Oduyemi | Sep 18, 2021 | Contested Wills, Last Will and Testament
Not that long ago, there was a lot of who-ha about a text message. The moral of the story was that of signing your will. An Australian court ruled that a text message should be taken as a local man’s last will and testament. ‘The formalities set out in the Wills Act... by Ade Oduyemi | Sep 15, 2021 | children's savings, Inheritance Tax Planning, Last Will and Testament, Will Writing
Q Today’s 30-somethings risk being poorer than their parents. In our quest to avoid impoverishing our children, we’re helping them get on the property ladder. We recall a case in the news a while back of a couple who spent £380,000 in legal fees in their attempt to...