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If your partner has passed away before you reach state pension age, you may be due bereavement support payments. While this help was previously only available if you were married or in a civil partnership, a recent change in the law as of February 2024 now means 10,000’s of co-habiting parents are also now eligible.…
Read MoreThe Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 that temporarily amended s9 of the Wills Act 1837 by allowing remote witnessing of Wills via video link expired on the 31st January 2024. The video witnessing of Wills was legalised in September 2020 to allow people to sign and have their Wills witnessed by…
Read MoreWe understand that dealing with the death of a loved one can be an emotional and stressful experience. Heritage Will Writing is delighted to announce the launch of Probate Helpers, a professional Probate Service that will support you at your time of need and can reduce the burden at this difficult time. Visit our website…
Read MoreThe UK government will be increasing the existing statutory sum from £270,000 to £322,000, as of the 26th July 2023. A statutory legacy determines how much a spouse or civil partner inherits from a deceased’s estate if they have died intestate with children. The current intestacy rules states that if you are married or in…
Read MoreThere are 944,000 people living with dementia in the UK. This is said to increase to over one million by 2030, and over 1.6 million by 2050. Emily has recently registered to become a Dementia Friend. In becoming a Dementia Friend, Emily will be learning more about dementia, and understanding what it is like for…
Read MoreLast week Adam Johnson of Heritage Will Writing had the honour of being invited as one of the keynote speakers at the Society of Will Writers Annual Conference. Adam says “It was a pleasure to be able to share with the Society of Will Writers members my thoughts on the Care Act, what differences…
Read More1. Ensure your Estate goes to the right people Having a Will in place gives you the control of what happens to your Estate and assets once you have died. Whilst we all hope that we are around for many years to come, sadly that is not always the case. It’s important to have the…
Read MoreA new online service was launched on the 17th July 2020 whereby attorneys will find it easier to manage and safeguard the donor’s finances and wellbeing. The Office of the Public Guardian’s new digital service will help attorneys to contact organisations such as banks and healthcare providers more easily by improving the speed that the…
Read MoreThe Government has introduced new legislation that is expected to come into force in September 2020 to allow people to sign and have their Wills witnessed by using video calls. It has been highlighted that during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing number of people looking to write Wills, and the difficulties experienced…
Read MoreThe Residential Nil Rate Band (RNRB) was originally introduced in April 2017 as an additional Inheritance Tax (IHT) allowance, with the aim of allowing families to pass on up to £1m of their estate without IHT becoming payable. The RNRB allowance has been increasing each April, until reaching its maximum allowance claimable at £175,000 per…
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