INHERITANCE
Inheritance Act Claims: Protect Your Rightful Inheritance
Worried about your inheritance? Our dedicated inheritance team is here to provide clear advice and reassurance when you need it most. If you have not been properly provided for in a will, have concerns about financial provision, or want to understand your rights under the Inheritance Act, we are ready to help you take the next step.
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Specialist Solicitors for Inheritance Act Claims
You have the right to receive adequate financial provision from your spouse, civil partner, parent or other dependent on their death, even if their will doesn’t include you.
If you’ve been misled about your inheritance, you may be entitled to contest the will under the Inheritance Act.
Our dedicated contentious probate team is here to help you protect your inheritance, and peace of mind, through this difficult time. McHale & Co has been helping families since 2001 with will disputes, Inheritance Acts claims, and disagreements between executors and administrators of wills.
Protect your rightful inheritance. Speak to one of our specialist contentious probate solicitors today.
What is the Inheritance Act?
The Inheritance Act is a piece of legislation designed to protect people where their spouse, civil partner, parent or other dependent, has died without leaving them adequate financial provision in the will (or in some cases, where there is no will). It applies specifically to those domiciled in England and Wales, and is for situations where the will has been deemed valid, but not necessarily fair.
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Who Can Make a Claim Under the inheritance act?
Although it was written in 1975, the Act has since been updated and includes:
The spouse or civil partner of the deceased.
The former spouse or civil partner of the deceased (provided that the deceased hasn’t remarried or entered into a new civil partnership)
A person who was in a relationship and living with the deceased for at least two years prior to death.
Children of the deceased (including adopted or step-children).
A person who was treated as a child by the deceased (such as a foster child or a young relative under the care of the deceased).
Anyone who was being financially supported, wholly or partly, by the deceased prior to their death.
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A dedicated contentious probate team with experience in both contesting and defending wills.
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A dedicated contentious probate team with experience in both contesting and defending wills.
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A dedicated contentious probate team with experience in both contesting and defending wills.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Anyone who has a legitimate interest in the deceased’s estate can contest it, but generally, wills are contested by spouses and civil partners, children, cohabiting partners, executors, and financial dependents to the deceased.
There is no time limit for contesting a will, however it is best to do this before the Grant of Probate is issued as it will be much more difficult to make a claim once the estate starts being distributed.
Most Contentious Probate cases are able to be resolved through mediation (without going to court). However, some will disputes are not able to be resolved amicably and will end up in court.
Meet the Team
Our dedicated probate team has a combined 26 years’ experience working in Contentious Probate specifically, and tackles every case with compassion, integrity, and transparency, to make sure you get results.
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Madeleine Dennehy
Litigation Paralegal
Jamie Lloyd
Litigation Assistant
Victoria Harrison
Solicitor
Roberto Lavorini
Solicitor, COLP
