Published on 12, July, 2020
I wonder if anyone knows a specialist legal advisor who can help with a very specific issue or where to find one ?
My sister had a fairly normal situation. Became full time carer of autistic child.. Her parent contributed some badly needed money all the time. Left money within will when died. Stepparent wants her money. Many complexities result which could fill a page. . One in particular is uncommon. Apparently poverty can be claimed by carer but where caring for a child would make life more expensive (holidays, home security, eating T shirts daily, suchlike challenges) it is said this this extra cannot be taken into account. This is apparently the law under section 2 of the 1975 act or at least that is alleged.
I suspect there are a very people who have the detailed knowledge to immediately recognise this issue and know what to argue against this. Find them is proving hard. I wonder if anyone has any ideas based on experience with this issue?
Also as a warning, if you are helping out a child with carer challenges, do make sure your will is fortified beyond all normal lengths you might want to go so.
in my opinion.... the words of thw will are absolute... whatever the deceased wanted for the money and wrote in the will must be obeyed 100% otherwise i see it as a desecration of the deceased wishes. if a will is written it must be obeyed absolutely by anyone and respected because it is the will of a dead person who expected it to be respected and carried out. it is their last word and instruction, whatever the will says it must be abided by.
my own situation my mother hasnt written a will but she has told me whenever she dies she wants to be cremated and scatter her ashes in newquay probably fistral beach.~i will obey that fully and refuse anyone getting in the way of that unless she tells me otherwise in between that time. if my sister wants her buried or have any other thing i will stop her. if it costs me my job due to going away to do it i will still do it. because that is what she wanted and i feel obliged to do whatever a loved one wanted when they are deceased to respect their memory and being and make them happy in whatever afterlife there is.even if her final instruction was something crazy like to overthrow the government, i will do that or fail trying. to me the final wishes of a dead family member are absolute law above all human law on earth.
Agree (within reason). A will and expression of wish document is vital. Just make sure you have a copy in case it is "lost"