Wills & Probate
WILLS & PROBATE BIRMINGHAM
A high proportion of the UK adult population have not made a will. There are so many good reasons to make a will, and for most people the cost is affordable.
Our wills services are practical and affordable and our solicitors friendly and approachable, To make a will is to protect and safeguard those you love most, so please contact our wills and probate solicitors today, and we can help immediately with a quote and guidance.
Benefits of making a will
A Will provides certainty, guides those who are left behind and saves worry and heartache at a time of great emotional stress. Other benefits include
- Choosing who inherits your assets and making specific gifts of items you want specified people to have
- Avoiding the situation where you don’t leave a will (known as Intestacy) whereby government rules determines who benefits
- Minimising or avoiding Inheritance tax
- Reducing financial problems for beneficiaries
- Choosing Legal Guardians for your children
- Choosing your own executors.
- Setting up trusts for children/grandchildren which can be flexible and allow money to be used for their benefit before they finally become fully entitled
- Making charity donations
- Making your own funeral arrangements and deciding whether you want burial or cremation
- Avoiding family disputes
How can we help ?
Our services include:
- Preparation, review and amendment of wills
- Inheritance tax planning
- Advice on issues in Wills such as guardianship, adoption and divorce
- Help for executors in obtaining Grant of Probate and estate administration
- Contested probate & inheritance claims