Guides on managing your will. Free, practical advice for England and Wales.
Changing your name by deed poll does not automatically invalidate your will — but mismatched names create real problems for your executors. Here is what you need to know and what to do about it.
Read guideA will reflects your circumstances at the moment you wrote it. Marriage, divorce, children, and changes in assets can all make an existing will outdated or invalid.
Read guideThere is no legal requirement to register a will in England and Wales. But registration is cheap, optional, and can prevent your will from being lost or overlooked after your death.
Read guideA codicil is a formal amendment to an existing will. It has to be signed and witnessed in the same way as the original will. For minor changes it can work well — but for anything significant, writing a new will is usually simpler.
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