DIY wills could leave family unprotected
05 September 2008
People should go to a solicitor for help with their will or risk making "basic errors" which could affect it being executed properly.
DIY wills could leave your estate open to claims by people you did not include, Nicola Plant, a partner at law firm Thomas Eggar LLP, warns.
"It's not what the client knows that makes it complicated, it's what they don't know that make it dangerous."
Solicitors can draft a "proper will" which will make it less attractive for someone to make a claim, Ms Plant says.
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Tax opportunities could also be missed when drafting a will yourself.
"[Solicitors are] thinking of all the things that the client may not have thought about which are not necessarily going to get picked up if they are just doing it themselves."
Making a will helps to ensure that an individual's estate is allocated how they wish when they pass away.
In related news, actress Taryn Dielle is suing her children - aged one and three- after her husband died of cancer without leaving a will for his £2,231,201 estate.
She says the law means she will not have enough money to look after their children.
