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Bit scary but my brother ain't got much and he knows where he wants his belongs to go when he dies soooo does anyone know what solicitors charge please?

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17/12/2009 · It needn't cost a penny. Most solicitors in the UK are part of a free wills scheme organised by one or other of the national charities e.g. Cancer Research ...

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If he's over 55, every year solicitors in most areas have a free will month, the idea is that you leave something in your will to one of the sponsoring charities...but there is no obligation to do that.

http://freewillsmonth.org.uk/

If it's a really simple will you can buy a DIY will form. but it does have to be very simple,eg leaving everything to one person with no complicated family relationships.

He could use a dIY form that you get from stationers. This would be ideal for him if he is leaving belongings rather than money so it would be quite straightforward. He must get it properly witnessed though.

Thank you both, he does want to give whatever money he has left and most of his belongings to charity but it is mainly so our vulture/gold digging sisters don't get anything.

Just for further info, as we have an Autistic son who cannot look after his own affairs, our will sets up a Trust for his share. We employed a specialist solicitor. (the legal jargon is several paragraphs) and it cost about £300, about six years ago.

It will probably need reveiwing soon, as the laws around these things change over time.

Andy

Why are some people scared of making a will?

I made my first one when I was about 22. I definitely wasn't rich, but I wanted a say in who got my "stuff"!

The most recent one was written about 5 years ago....... and it needs updating!

:-)

My fathers 2nd wife has just dies in a dramatic accident ,(Our family is Cambell clan so dying on Glencoe is a bitter irony.
I'm ill ,numbed confused by feelings ; my father left all to her . but he had discussed clearly that he would do that ,we agreed with solicitors .Assumed it would go to her daughter .if she'd left with no will would step-daughters inherit . ( EDITed Sprry I didn't finish this). I wish she'd discussed this with us too .


In fact she did leave a will and shared it in equal parts between her birth duaghters + step daughters .

Not scared of making a will, he just wants to make sure his stuff goes where he wants it to go and I didn't know the process. :-)

https://www.gov.uk/inherits-someone-dies-without-will

Andrew, we renewed our wills and set up a trust for our daughter last year, through an old and trusted firm of local solicitors. I think it cost us about £130. The jargon left me cross-eyed :-D

Our wills say we just want "everything" sold and the proceeds divided up amongst all the rellies as stated in the will.

Since then I've had a think about daft things...... like, would one of my nieces like to have my great-grandmother's china? What will happen to all my jewellery? All the crystal?

I must make a stipulation that whoever gets "important" stuff also gets all the boring family tree info that I've spent a fortune on. :-D

On another thread, it had been suggested that rather than ignore siblings or close blood relatives, they should be left a norminal sum of say 1p. That way there was less chance that they'd have grounds to contest the Will.

RE Rose's post about free will month, looks like it's actually this month (october) in 2014 , so your brother could get on with it right now...

Once participating solicitors get booked up, they are removed from the site, so time would seem to be of the essence if you want to get it sorted in the near future.

We made a will in 2003 with our own solicitor and it was free.

re my post sorry it was so mixed up .hard to read without punctuation . But i'll leave it .what I meant i suppose was that we would have expected to inherit from our father in normal circumstances + it has been a slightly bitter pill to think all thes years he didn't plan for us because he believed his wife needed money more than us . in fact THEY probably discussed that she would leave 4 equal parts . if it was just her decisoin " years ago it was incredibly generous because we were'nt very daughter -like . Not much contact no effort to visit her . i did have some interesting chats with her regarding family secretd she "knew" about a slightly irreverent grandmother ."

Brigid - are you asking where your step-mother's estate will go if she has not made a Will??