Writing a will

If a person has not made a will, in most countries the division of their estate will be based on the laws of intestacy, (even reverting to the government) and not the wishes of the deceased. A survey in the UK found that only 41% of married people had made a will; altogether two-thirds of people do not write a will.

1. Ensuring a proper death
2. Dying strategically

1. Writing a living will

1. Prohibitive death duties
2. Lack of accountability in the disposal of wealth
3. Inheritance of widows
4. Inadequate registration of wills
5. Dying intestate
6. Denial of right to inherit property

1. Will
2. Death