• Marriage automatically revokes a Will unless an express provision is contained within the Will prior to the marriage.
• Divorce does not automatically mean your Will becomes void
• You can name as many people as you want as executors to your Will, but only a maximum of four can act at any one time
• You can use your Will to appoint a guardian to look after your children if you die. If you don’t, social services could intervene to decide who should care for them if both parents die
• A Will drawn up in England can cover foreign assets and often does
• Gifts made to a witness of the Will or the husband or wife of a witness are void
• You must be at least 18 years old to make a Will – that is unless you are a soldier on active duty or a sailor at sea
• Most assets held in joint names will automatically pass to the surviving owner and will not pass via your Will
• 52% of people in England choose not to make a Will
• The first known Wills were drawn up in Ancient Greece

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