Why Make a Will
There are significant advantages to making a will. As long as you have made a will, the rest of the world will know what you want to happen after your death. If your priority is to ensure that the children are cared for after your death, by making a will you can be reasonably certain that your wishes will be carried out.
If someone else has parental responsibility with you (this is generally the case if you are married/cp), and you die, the other person will legally have sole responsibility for the children.
If you are the sole parent with PR, there will be no-one legally responsible for the children until the court appoints a guardian. It is up to you to say who should care for the children. You should think about who you would want to have day to day care of the children and who you would want to look after money or property for them; this isn’t necessarily the same person.
Make sure you that you do discuss the responsibility with the people you intend to appoint in your will.
We charge fixed fee of £120 inc VAT and £180 inc VAT for mutual wills of spouses and partner.
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