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Life moves. Your will should keep up.

Marriage, divorce, house moves, new grandchildren: a will goes stale quietly. These guides explain when a codicil is enough, when you need a new will, and how to make either change legally binding.

Update your will with a £49 codicil

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Life events7 min read

Divorce and your will: what changes automatically, and what does not

Divorce does not cancel your will. It writes your former spouse out and leaves the rest standing, which is rarely what anyone would have designed.

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Codicils6 min read

How to change your will: codicil or new will?

You cannot cross things out and initial them. Here is how changing a will actually works, and how to tell a codicil job from a new-will job.

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Codicils5 min read

What is a codicil to a will?

A codicil updates part of your will while the rest stands. What it can change, how it must be signed, and when it stops being the right tool.

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