In a message dated 30/12/2008 14:09:44 GMT Standard Time, moorejo@reach.net writes: >My now wife means my present wife as opposed to a former wife who had died. I have seen one or two cases where it referred to the only wife the man had. Regards, John Moore "Now wife" has been discussed on this list before and I seem to recall that the consensus was that it did not imply there had been a former wife. Obviously in some cases there might have been a former wife but in the drawing up of the will the lawyers used the term very literally: wife at this present moment . Best wishes, Margaret McGregor.