Wills and step family

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My dad died last year.. been married to my stepmother for 40 years.. we have always got on well.

They had mirror Wills. So my step mum inherited everything. House worth 1.2m (nothing special but south east).

Wills say everything to each other and then everything between the four of us. Two children each none joint.

Step mum just passed and it turns out she changed her Will 6 months ago (when in sound mind ) and left us out leaving all to her two kids.. ( they are mortified- genuinely) want to know what they can do... can they change it to make it as our dad had wanted it ?

A Deed of Variation will fix it. This has happened in our family three times now.

1. Will split everything between two brothers and one nephew. Nephew said "this is awful" and signed Deed to split between his Dad and Uncle as it it should have been.
2. Will split between 5 siblings. Two siblings signed Deeds to hand their share of the money directly to their children (for tax purposes).
3. Scenario as you described above. Deed easily spilt everything between all children.

You don't even need a solicitor, there are templates on line, but use a solicitor if it will make you feel better. Hope this helps

So SA been in touch and has spoken to solicitors.. they were v snooty as they are the ones who drafted SM new wWill and said that her wishes were that her children inherit everything as my Grandparents had not included them when we inherited £1k each THIRTY SEVEN YEARS AGO !!

Anyway they are good people and I have received an email from the solicitor with my Step siblings request for a deed of variance.. asking for our ID etc..

Some step siblings are genuinely fabulous people .

SA ? SS (step sister)