Personal possessions – interpreting their meaning and entitlements
Leaving gifts of personal possessions seems easy to do – until someone else has to interpret what was meant in the words used in the will.
Trustees
“Issue children” – some issues with words
The word “issue” is a legal term meaning all of a person’s descendants; not just their children. It is easy to overlook this and the potential unwanted consequences for what is intended, if not used correctly when working out wording in a will.
Renouncing or resigning from executorship and probate – when an executor does not wish to act
There is no requirement that an executor must accept the executorship role, even if it was agreed to do so. But relinquishing executorship should be done as soon as practical if you don’t wish to act and have not dealt with the estate. You can resign your appointment as executor by renouncing your right to probate of the deceased’s will, that is you renounce probate.