Happy families? Watertight wills for changing circumstances

It is well documented that so-called ‘traditional' family structures have changed and continue to evolve. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently estimated that 42% of marriages in England and Wales will end in divorce. Many of those divorcees, often with children from the first marriage, will remarry. In addition, ONS figures from 2012 found almost six million people co-habit rather than marry or enter into a civil partnership. This is double the figure from 1996. Indeed, co-habitation is now the fastest growing family structure. Against this backdrop, it is surprising ...