The Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975, or “”1975 Act”” for short, was created to allow certain people associated with a deceased person to bring a claim against their estate if they had not been adequately provided for.

The 1975 Act is not a Will claim and so you will not be contesting a Will or challenging it. Instead, it is a
separate claim that is brought despite the existence of the Will.

Those who may be able to claim are:

– A spouse or civil partner of the deceased;
– A former spouse or civil partner of the deceased who has not remarried or entered into another civil
partnership;
– A person who, although not married or in a civil partnership with the deceased, lived with the deceased as if
they were married or in a civil partnership for the two years immediately prior to the deceased’s death;
– A child of the deceased;
– Any person who was treated as a child of the deceased;
– Any person who immediately before the death of the deceased was being maintained by the deceased.
There are certain requirements to each of the above and week by week we will be unlocking webinars,
factsheets, blog posts and commentaries discussing each of the elements.

If you are one of the following:

– someone considering (or currently bringing) a claim;
– a beneficiary who has been notified of a claim or an intended claim;
– an Executor or Personal Representative of an Estate that has received notification of a claim or intended
claim;

You are likely to benefit from an initial no obligation discussion with one of our experts, so do
please get in touch.

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