Family ties and breakdowns – Key succession issues

Families are the cornerstone of our lives, but when relationships evolve or break down, the legal implications can be significant and complex. This webinar will explore vital considerations around marriage, wills, and succession planning, including how changes in relationships—such as separation or divorce—can affect inheritance and financial arrangements.

Topics covered include:

• Impact of marriage when considering wills and succession
• Considerations during separation, and divorce, including receipt of inheritance
• Impact where there is a death:
  • To minor children: parental
  • responsibility/guardianship, inheritance, and claims for reasonable financial provision.
  • Other children: adult children, children by way of a surrogate, foster children etc.
  • Family home and assets, including different legal rights between a marriage/civil partnership and cohabitees.
  • PI and other claims, and impact
• Predatory marriages
• Court of Protection: LPAs and Deputy applications