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Your expression of wishes are not legally binding your signing your expression of wishes over to the trustees who can pay funds to who they wish they are not obliged to share any information with the loved ones you have named this doesn’t form part of your estate
Our Mp has advised me to carry on collect signatures and will pick up on this further once the virus has settled
I’ve been googling to find out more information to carry on my fight. writing a policy in trust means you have named a loved one ) this means funds will be paid out quicker as the funds do not go through probate through googling it states that a lump sum will be paid out to person or persons you have named
Life insurance usually avoids probate there are some exceptions if no beneficiaries are named or alive then the life insurance will go to probate life insurance is concluded in your tax but most don’t need to worry
Your wishes are not legally binding the trustees are not obliged to pay funds out to the loved ones you have named please support our petition and help us make a change Discretionary allows them to do this the facts are at the time of your death your wishes may not stand
Inheritance tax allowance before 2020 was for a single person £425,000 for a couple £850,000
2020 single person is £500,000 for couples £1 million
a further question that was asked to me if I filled a expression of wishes form out but remarried but forgot to change my form it is most likely your funds could go to the past wife you have named but if your second wife decided to dispute this the trustees can then take a vote to who they think your funds should go to if you fill your form out and forget to update it is possible the funds will go to who you have named but it is also possible they may not Discretionary allows the trustees to make this decision through a vote please back up your wishes with a will which may help
in my case I was named by my son I had no proof only his word I rang the company in question they told me no one was named I knew I was named it took me nearly three years to get a copy of the document I was named on Discretionary allows the company to withhold this information things need to change