Claims, Trusts and Post-Administration — SQE1 FLK2 Wills and Administration of Estates

A man leaves £50,000 out of a £700,000 estate to the wife he was married to for twenty-five years, and the law measures her by a kinder standard than anyone else who might complain.

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In this episode:

• Two standards: a spouse is not confined to maintenance, everyone else is
• Six months from the grant of representation, not from the death
• The net estate can be widened to reach survivorship property and lifetime gifts
• A disclaimer refuses a gift; only a variation chooses its destination
• Beneficiaries absolutely entitled together can end the trust

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