Alzheimer’s is a disease that once experienced as a carer/observer you truly wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy as the saying goes. It is truly awful to watch a loved one’s world shrink starting with in some cases slight memory loss that grows ...
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When content isn't checked, errors can happen which a recent case illustrates the point, it highlights a clerical error which resulted in three crucial words being omitted from a man's will and required a High Court ...
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We are advised to take out this insurance and that insurance but hardly anybody tells us to take out Enduring Power of Attorney (now called Lasting Power of Attorney), which enables a person to ...
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Without a will... ...If there are no children, the estate will pass to the deceased's closest relatives - parents, brothers, sisters etc. etc. - but never to the surviving partner.
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If you knew you were going to use a service, 99% sure, and you knew that it would very likely be twice the price ...
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Currently the nil rate band of the first partner to die is transferable (any unused portion) to the surviving partner, not so with an unmarried couple.
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The term is commonly associated with government/council means testing especially in relation to care costs...
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It may become a common scenario that the executors and beneficiaries are forced to sell the house in order to raise the requisite funds.
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Funeral Costs Tracker, show the average cost of cremation in Hampshire in 2014 was £3,957 - some £700 higher than the UK average for 2014
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...another perspective on the role of the funeral plan in not only providing a decent funeral when the day comes for those who are/may be without family,
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