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ARTICLE · 01 APRIL 2015

The risks of using a will kit

Will Kits are general and may not give you specific advice particular to your assets and unique family circumstances.

AustraliaFamily and Matrimonial
Elise Croft (Previously With Kott Gunning)
Elise Croft (Previously With Kott Gunning)
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Everyone drafts a will to ensure that their assets are disposed of in a particular manner following their death. Many people think they can achieve this, as well as save time and money, by using a Will Kit. In some instances they are right. In many more instances they are very wrong.

What happens if you do not execute the will properly? What happens if your wording creates an outcome completely different to what you intended? What happens if you are being put under pressure by certain members of your family when filling out the Will Kit? What happens if one of your family, at a much later date, suggests that you lacked capacity when preparing the will? Lawyers have the ability to limit the prospect of your will being challenged, ineffective or incomplete in such circumstances. A Will Kit does not.

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