Happy Seniors Week from Grainger Legal

DO you need to write a will, or update your existing one but don’t know where to start?

Jasmyne Cadman, lawyer and team leader of the wills and estates team at Grainger Legal, knows that for some people it can be a difficult process.

“It’s sometimes challenging for people to think about and confront their own mortality, but I can guarantee that people feel so much relief once their will is prepared, signed and safely stored away,” Jasmyne says.

“The relief is even more if it took a great deal of effort for them to take the first step and think about some issues they may have been avoiding for years.”

The alternative to writing your will is dying without one.

Some difficult situations can be easily avoided by a simple and inexpensive Will being prepared.

If someone dies without a will, there is usually more stress and heartbreak for the family to have to sort through the person’s affairs and discover that, even if they think they know how the person would have wanted their estate distributed, that is to be disregarded and they must abide by the laws of intestacy. This often results in a huge amount of additional time and expense, which could have been avoided by a simple and inexpensive will being prepared. The team at Grainger Legal will support you through the process, letting you know ahead of time what information you’ll need to bring and then giving you advice about what should and shouldn’t go in your will. They can answer questions like:

· What is the role of an executor?

· Who can I appoint as an executor if I don’t want to appoint anyone in my family?

· Can my family have an executor removed if they are not acting appropriately?

· Can I include a provision for pets in my will?

· Who can challenge a will?

· How is jointly held property dealt with by a will?