What is an Inheritance Act Claim?
The object of an Inheritance Act Claim is to redistribute the deceased's estate to make reasonable financial provision for the deceased dependants & relatives. A claim must be instigated by a person associated with the deceased, to become a beneficiary, or a greater beneficiary, of the deceased's estate.
Am I eligible to Contest a Will (Inheritance Act Claim)?
To be eligible to make an Inheritance Act Claim (Contest a Will), you need to have been related to the deceased in one of the following ways:
- A husband, wife, civil partner or co-habitee of the deceased (Min 2 years).
- A former husband, wife or civil partner of the deceased who was receiving maintenance and has not remarried/entered into a new civil partnership
- A child of the deceased
- Any person who was treated as a 'child of the family' of the deceased
- Any person who was partly or wholly maintained by the deceased immediately before the death
In order to proceed with an Inheritance Act Claim, you first need to be able to answer 'yes' to the following three questions:
- Did the deceased live in England or Wales?
- Is it within 6 months of the date of grant of representation*?
- Does the estate have a value of more than £100,000?
*The grant of representation is a document issued by the Court which gives permission to those named to distribute the deceased's estate.
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