This Will template gifts your entire estate to a single beneficiary such as your wife or child.
This very simple Will leaves your entire estate to one person, such as your husband, wife, civil partner or adult child.
- Clause 1 identifies you with your name, address and date of birth.
- Clause 2 confirms the document to be your Will and ensures that it deals with your worldwide assets.
- Clause 3 revokes (i.e. cancels) any previous Wills or Codicils that you have made.
- At Clause 4 you can set out your funeral wishes. Note that this are not legally binding, although it would be unusual for your Executor to ignore them.
- Clause 5 appoints Executors/Trustees to deal with your assets. They will collect in anything you own, pay your debts, pay for your funeral and distribute what is left to your specified beneficiary.
- Clause 6 gifts your estate (all of your assets, after debts and expenses) to your choice of beneficiary.
- Clause 7 is optional but this is a good idea. It specifies who should get everything if your first choice of beneficiary cannot inherit (for example, because they predecease you). You could specify a charity here.
- Clause 8 incorporates the standard STEP provisions. These allow your Trustees to manage your assets until they are distributed.
After Clause 8 you will see the attestation clause, where you sign the Will in the presence of two independent witnesses.
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I make no representation as to the suitability of this Will for your goals and circumstances.