In some cases, you might be able to get help with legal costs. If a person who made a will takes their own life

Will for a single person with children. This Last Will and Testament is suitable for a single person with children who wishes to leave all or the majority of their assets to their children in equal shares. The Will provides that should a child die before they inherit, then that child's share will pass to their own children, if any. Other options are included. The person you appoint as a guardian is also extremely important. This person will have responsibility for looking after your children if there are no other adults with parental responsibility for a child after your death. Choosing someone to bring up your child is obviously an extremely important choice, so take your time over this. You can always alter your wishes using a Codicil if you later decide you’d trust another person more. Will to be used where there are no children to be provided for. This Last Will and Testament form is suitable for a single person with no children; a married person with no children; or an unmarried person living with their partner with no children, where the testator (the person making the will) wishes to leave all or the majority of their assets to either: one beneficiary (e.g. their husband/wife/partner or a named beneficiary) and thereafter to another named beneficiary in the event of the first named beneficiary dying before the testator, or to a number of named beneficiaries in equal shares. Other options are included. For most people, making a will should not be complicated or too time consuming, yet approximately 30 million adults in the UK alone have no will in place. We never know when our time might be up, so it’s important that we think about making a will quite early on in life. It also includes options for giving gifts to minors by passing the gift directly to a parent or by creating a trust

A witness or the married partner of a witness cannot benefit from a will. If a witness is a beneficiary (or the married partner or civil partner of a beneficiary), the will is still valid but the beneficiary will not be able to inherit under the will. Regardless of the terms of your will, your surviving children and spouse are entitled to claim a share of your moveable estate. Your moveable estate includes things such as cash in the bank, investments, cars, and jewellery. Where there is both a surviving spouse and children, the spouse can claim a 1/3 of the moveable estate and the children a 1/3 equally among them. The surviving children or spouse will have a choice of whether to take either the legacy under your will or their entitlement to legal rights, but they cannot take both. It is important to choose executors with considerable care since their job involves a great deal of work and responsibility. Although a will can be revoked by destruction, it is always advisable that a new will should contain a clause revoking all previous wills and codicils. Revoking a will means that the will is no longer legally valid. Challenging a will There is a risk that if a copy subsequently reappears (or bits of the will are reassembled), it might be thought that the destruction was accidental.

who should be responsible for managing and distributing your estate (ie who your executors will be)When probate is granted, the will is kept by the Probate Service and any member of the public can get a copy. You should consider making a Will whether you are young or old, if you have a family to look after, or if you own a property or other valuable assets.