Does getting married affect your wills?

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DP and I have been together a v long time & are finally getting married in a couple of weeks. We already ahve wills that have been amended since having DS. Will they need changing once we get married?

Yes it will. Unless you have made the will in expectation of marriage, and the will states that.

Unless you made your wills in contemplation of your marriage, then the wills will be invalid.

Thanks...we have the wills on our PC so do you think we can just adapt them ourselves or is it a big job that needs someone who knows what they're doing?

Do you have assets that would take you into IHT paying position? If so then I would definitely get a solicitor involved. Personally I would always get them drawn up professionally but if you have very little in terms of assets and they're only a mechanism for determining guardian for ds the you might get away without. But being married totally changes the IHT consequences on death.

I personally would always recommend getting a solicitor specialising in this field to do your wills.