Writing English Will in Spain
Writing English Will in Spain
My wife and I wish to write/have written new English wills. We already have Spanish wills, but need to get new English ones. Looking on the internet it seems that we can have this done without returning to the UK. Has anyone done this over here ? If so, how did they go about it ?
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Secure Solutions, Nerja (Adam Rutter) will do this for you...
952 523 925
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Located on the main road, diagonally across the bus station station roundabout, almost opposite the petrol station.
952 523 925
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Located on the main road, diagonally across the bus station station roundabout, almost opposite the petrol station.
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I thought that they mainly dealt with Spanish Wills, etc. Have you used them for English Wills ?
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They have offered to draw up wills for us, both English and Spanish.
It is my understanding than you can now opt for a will to be executed under whichever law you require, both being acceptable.
It is my understanding than you can now opt for a will to be executed under whichever law you require, both being acceptable.
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Yes, thats true, mainly affects Spanish wills, that you state that you want them drawn up according to English law, as otherwise the main beneficiaries are your children rather than your spouse.
As regards the Engish Wills, do they do them themselves or just pass them onto someone else and take a cut ?
As regards the Engish Wills, do they do them themselves or just pass them onto someone else and take a cut ?
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Just a note on Spanish wills, we needed to do ours again as they were way out of date. Rather than pay through the nose to a gestoria to do them, we went directly to a Notary that spoke English on Torrox Costa and paid 39€ each for ours. I seem to remember paying 200€ about 20 years ago originally and I now realise how much we were ripped off. (We also put in the note that the will should be dealt with under UK law, although it doesn't really affect us as we don't have any family to leave our assets to.)
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Hope this doesn't sound like a daft question but why do you need English wills in addition to the Spanish wills you already have?
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As I understand it, you need an English will for assets in England.
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Our only asset in England is a joint bank account into which my wife's OAP is paid.
She declares this, as being her only source of income, on her Spanish income tax return.
So do we need English wills to bequeath the money in this account?
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She declares this, as being her only source of income, on her Spanish income tax return.
So do we need English wills to bequeath the money in this account?
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There is no legal reason why you need two wills, in fact your Spanish property can be covered by your English will but can get very complicated which is why you are usually recommended to have separate wills. A Spanish will can cover your UK assets and is probably easier than having an English will covering your Spanish assets.
There is an interesting article about it here.
https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_co ... znektj-jUI
If it's only a bank account with a small balance I doubt it would be worth the effort of having an Englsih will, but you would need to make sure that your Spanish will did not exclude foreign assets (which it usually does).
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There is an interesting article about it here.
https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_co ... znektj-jUI
If it's only a bank account with a small balance I doubt it would be worth the effort of having an Englsih will, but you would need to make sure that your Spanish will did not exclude foreign assets (which it usually does).
Sid
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If you have got property or other assets in the UK and Spain then the normal legal advice is that it makes things much simpler if you have both Spanish and English wills. If you do have a Spanish will it should be stated within it that you wish english law to apply to it, otherwise the spanish inheritance law will apply, meaning that your assets will go to your children and not your wife.El Cid wrote:As I understand it, you need an English will for assets in England.
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I am assuming that everything could change after March. New laws could affect whose wills get recognised where. Depending on your health, you might want to hold off paying for legal advice until our leaders have implemented the will (geddit?) of the people.
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It has nothing to do with Brexit. The UK did not join in with the new laws about you choice of country being in your will so that part has nothing to do with Brexit.
As for the Spanish wills, they are bound by EU law so that also will not be affected by Brexit because it applies to all foreigners, not just EU foreigners.
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As for the Spanish wills, they are bound by EU law so that also will not be affected by Brexit because it applies to all foreigners, not just EU foreigners.
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"If you do have a Spanish will it should be stated within it that you wish english law to apply to it, otherwise the spanish inheritance law will apply, meaning that your assets will go to your children and not your wife"
am I missing something here? isn't the idea of the will so that you can say who inherits what
am I missing something here? isn't the idea of the will so that you can say who inherits what
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It was the law in France when we lived there that assets would go to the children and that you could not disinherit them.
( ..... a French will (or will made in any other country over assets based in France) cannot override French inheritance laws, which grants entrenched rights of inheritance to your children, although since 2015 it is possible under European law to adopt the inheritance laws of your home country.) It seems that the EU law of 2015 means that you can now over-ride the local inheritance laws which is why it's important to state that on your own will. Thankfully we only have the cats' home to leave our money to which makes it simpler
( ..... a French will (or will made in any other country over assets based in France) cannot override French inheritance laws, which grants entrenched rights of inheritance to your children, although since 2015 it is possible under European law to adopt the inheritance laws of your home country.) It seems that the EU law of 2015 means that you can now over-ride the local inheritance laws which is why it's important to state that on your own will. Thankfully we only have the cats' home to leave our money to which makes it simpler
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So can you just state on a UK will that it's to override the Spanish systems take on things. Or do you need to make a Spanish will as well.
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If you state that your UK will only apply to UK property and do not have a Spanish will, you will be deemed to have died Intestate as far as any Spanish property is concerned. You could rely on the English will but that can get very complicated.
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Can SWMBO just change it then (UK will) to include the Spanish property as well Sid?
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Lets face it none of us are lawyers, (even Sid). But, the legal advice I received from my Spanish lawyer was that you need a Spanish will for your Spanish assets and a British will for your british assets. If you are not sure then you should also seek legal advice, but think you will get same advice.
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