When should you change your will

In general you should review your Will every three/five years or after any major change in your life.

The most common reasons that people change their Will are as follows:-

• to simply update their Will 
• getting married/remarried. It is important to note that marriage revokes a Will
• getting separated/divorced. When you separate from your spouse it does not mean that your spouse automatically loses their right to the his/her legal right to a share of your estate; this depends on the terms of a separation/judicial separation agreement, or divorce. 
• cohabiting. Living in a commited relationship for three years.
• entering into a Civil Partnership
• the birth of a child. You may wish to add beneficiaries to your Will and or appoint trustees and guardians in the case where you have minor children.
• a change in your children's circumstances e.g. if your child gets separated/divorced
• death of a beneficiary 
• changing executors/trustees/guardians
• you may have disposed of property (which you left to a particular beneficiary in your Will) or you may have acquired additional property that you want to leave a particular beneficiary 
• changes in tax law

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