My understanding of English law is that a will is made invalid by a subsequent marriage. So writing a new one in anticipation of a wedding would be entirely appropriate. Chris Watts ----- Original Message ----- From: "ag.hamilton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 4:35 PM Subject: [SOG-UK] Will made on marriage >I have a will written on Sept. 5 1946 which refers to the testatrix's >husband and her stepchildren (who are all named). In fact she didn't marry >the husband until about six weeks later on Oct 16. > > It's normal to make a new will at the time of marriage - would it be > normal to make it before the marriage? It's a legal document and this one > refers to 'husband' and 'stepchildren' who didn't have that relationship > at the time the will was signed. > > The 'husband' was the brother of the testatrix's first husband. I can't > find a record of his death and wonder if there was a divorce, or had they > just separated and her marriage in October was perhaps not legal? > > Any advice on this would be helpful. > > Thanks > > Angela Hamilton > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

This conforms to my understanding of the law, as stated in my earlier e-mail. Regards. Colin Mills On 08/08/2011 19:00, Chris Watts wrote: > My understanding of English law is that a will is made invalid by a > subsequent marriage. So writing a new one in anticipation of a wedding > would be entirely appropriate. > > Chris Watts > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ag.hamilton"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 4:35 PM > Subject: [SOG-UK] Will made on marriage > > >> I have a will written on Sept. 5 1946 which refers to the testatrix's >> husband and her stepchildren (who are all named). In fact she didn't marry >> the husband until about six weeks later on Oct 16. >> >> It's normal to make a new will at the time of marriage - would it be >> normal to make it before the marriage? It's a legal document and this one >> refers to 'husband' and 'stepchildren' who didn't have that relationship >> at the time the will was signed. >> >> The 'husband' was the brother of the testatrix's first husband. I can't >> find a record of his death and wonder if there was a divorce, or had they >> just separated and her marriage in October was perhaps not legal? >> >> Any advice on this would be helpful. >> >> Thanks >> >> Angela Hamilton >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >