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Who will be in charge of organizing
two witnesses in your presence – the
your estate and following the instruc-
witnesses can’t be people who are going
tions you leave in your will – this
to inherit anything from you (or their
person is called your ‘executor’, and you
husband/wife or civil partner.
can name more than one person if you
want to.
HOW TO START MAKING A WILL
You can also use your will to tell people
If your family is small and you want to
about any other wishes you have, like
leave everything to them, making your will
instructions for your burial or cremation.
is fairly straightforward.
Your executor will
If your situation is
do their best to make sure
more complicated – for
your wishes are followed,
example, if you have a
Your will doesn’t
as long as they don’t
second family or you want
have
to
be
on
special
involve breaking the law.
to leave money and gifts to
paper or use a lot of lots of people – you’ll need
It might not always be
possible for your executors
to plan more carefully.
legal language.
to carry out your instruc-
Either way, don’t put