The more important question is over the validity of Wills How can express instructions be overturned ?</p>
Really, I thought that changes could be done by the beneficiaries through a 'deed of variation'</p> This seems to overturn a will which could have been changed by her Mother any time from her Father's death in 1999 to 2006.</p> The Judges seems to suggest that the will was made under duress, how does he know ?</p> There's probably more to this one than meets the eye.</p>
RE: Really, I thought that changes could be done by the beneficiaries Reading between the lines it sounds as though the only person who has put the Mum under duress is the daughter. However sad it is that a parent would rather leave an estate to a charity rather than their children its their wishes and as such should be honoured.
Why didn't the mother sort it out between 1999 and 2006? The initial wills left the estate to each other first and foremost so she will have inherited it. Why did she not change the contents of the will in that 7 year period? It seems a strange judgment on first look.