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Can a last will and testament be changed after death here in uk?
13 Answers
- ?Lv 76 years ago
No. What the deceased wrote, they wrote, and that is it. The only thing that can be done is to challenge the will, and there are only a few grounds on which you can do this. If someone was financially dependent on the deceased and the will didn't leave them enough to live on, that's grounds for them to challenge it. If it can be proved that the deceased was not of sound mind when they made the will and was somehow coerced into writing what they did, that's grounds for a challenge too - and it's a big reason why wills have to be witnessed. But that's about it.
The only other thing that can be done, and is sometimes to avoid inheritance tax, is to make a deed of variation. This has to be done within 2 years of the death and all the beneficiaries of the will who are affected by it have to sign up to it. What it effectively does is rewrite the will to give the estate away in a different way. The will itself doesn't change, it's a separate agreement between the beneficiaries to divide it up between themselves differently to save tax.
- Christian SinnerLv 76 years ago
It apparently can. They were Roman Catholic (which is a governmental form of meddling with religion), then changed to Anglican (governmental form of religious meddling), all after Christ already set the parameters for his Will and Testament. I would say that spiritually, they were and have been on dangerous spiritual ground.
Hebrews 9
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
- MaxiLv 76 years ago
UK: The physical Will can't be changed, however it can be challenged and often the contents and people who are in the Will can be changed legally.
Eg If someone writes a Will and gives everything to their nephew, although they have a legal child, if they do not mention that child in the Will then that child can challenge the contents of what is written on the basis they "forgot" they had a child and that child is by law more entitled to be the heir
- Guru HankLv 76 years ago
A will can be legally challenged, for example if you can claim that the deceased was not 'compos mentis' at the time it was drawn up.
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- Anonymous6 years ago
Unfortunately none of the previous answers understand the law.
If all the beneficiaries under a will agree, it can be changed.
- babyboomer1001Lv 76 years ago
Let me see. I wrote the Will on January 1st. I died on April 1st and then decided to change it on May 1st. Does that make sense to you?
Source(s): Certified Paralegal, with 25+ years' experience. - Nuff SedLv 76 years ago
"Can it"? Certainly. Is it legally binding? Of course not. Will the change be noticed or challenged? Nobody knows.
- Anonymous6 years ago
No, the clue is in the word 'LAST'.