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email: enquiries@elpamsolicitors.co.uk
98 Ferry Road, Edinburgh | 89 Main Street, Davidsons Mains, Edinburgh
Making a Will in Scotland is one of the most important things you can do to protect your loved ones and to ensure that your property will be passed to your chosen beneficiaries.
Having a Will also makes the practicalities of dealing with your estate much quicker and easier for your family as well as keeping costs down. In the absence of a Will, your estate will be distributed in accordance with the Scottish law of intestacy which can have unexpected and unwelcome results.
At ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan, our Will Solicitors will take the time to discuss your financial and family situation in detail so that we can understand your priorities and what you might be hoping to achieve. We can suggest different options which may be available to you, advising you on inheritance tax issues – perhaps allowing you to provide protection for young or vulnerable beneficiaries or to protect your home for your children.
In our article, ‘Why Should You Make A Will‘, we discuss in detail many of the reasons why it is important and worthwhile to write a Will when you are young, fit and healthy. When considering your Will, you should also consider your digital assets such as photos stored online. Our guide, ‘What happens to your digital legacy‘, may help.
A Living Will, sometimes known as an “advance medical directive”, provides a way of ensuring that your wishes are respected towards the end of your life when you may be too ill to make those wishes known.
Usually, it will consist of a formal declaration requesting that life-prolonging measures be withheld in circumstances where you are close to death and there is no prospect of recovery so that you will simply be kept comfortable and be allowed to pass away peacefully and with dignity. As well as providing peace of mind for you, having a Living Will may be of great comfort to your family and loved ones who may be called upon to make some very difficult decisions at a very distressing time.
If you would like to discuss matters initially we would be delighted to hear from you. Our experienced Will solicitors provide expert legal advice on wills, power of attorney and executries.
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