You are free to divide your estate as you see fit.Or is there any obvious reason why I cannot give the house to my wife? My concern here is that if the kids are somehow entitled to inherit a share of the house
Nice one, Thanks very much Coyote, really appreciate that!You are free to divide your estate as you see fit.
Your adult children could challenge your will on the grounds that you had failed in your moral duty to provide for them under section 117 of the Succession Act. See more here. This is why people often leave small sums in a will so it can't be said "I wasn't provided for at all".
Take legal advice on this, but I doubt that you would be caught up in this if you plan to bequeath €40k each.
Cheers, thanks a million!Children have no entitlement to any inheritance if there is a will. They can ask the courts to intervene if they feel hard done by, but at a cost and difficult to prove
If you die without a will, then they are entitled to part of your estate
I just bought a house and I am due to be married later this year. The plan is to put my soon to be wife's name on the deeds of the house as co-owner as soon as we marry and then I want to leave her the house in my will too.
But I see no point in putting the house in her name if she is not contributing to it.
Have you considered a Love and Relationships forum?
Won't make any difference, once they are married its the Family Home & the property is considered jointly owned.no point in putting the house in her name if she is not contributing to it.
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