What happens if I don't make a Will?

If you die intestate i.e. without a Will, this could be the lasting memories you leave behind:

  • Months, possibly years, of financial hardship and expense while your affairs are sorted out
  • The sale of your home to pay for care costs
  • Your husband or wife inheriting some, but not necessarily all your assets
  • Your partner inheriting nothing you owned
  • The Courts and Social Services deciding who should care for your children
  • Your children losing out if your spouse or partner decides to re-marry
  • Substantial fees, which could have been avoided, to sort out your estate
  • Taxes that could have been avoided
  • People whom you neither know nor like claiming from your estate

It's never too early to make a Will, but it can be too late!