Does the law on predatory marriage need to change? – Family Law

Posted January 10th, 2022 in consent, elderly, fraud, intestacy, marriage, news, wills by tracey

‘In recent years there have been calls for a change in the law to protect vulnerable adults from falling victim to what has become known as “predatory marriage”. This is due to a rise in cases where fraudsters have married vulnerable and often elderly individuals, without the knowledge of their loved ones, and are then able to access the new spouse’s lifetime savings and inherit their entire estate under the intestacy rules, as marriage automatically revokes any previous Will a person may have made.’

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Family Law, 7th January 2022

Source: www.familylaw.co.uk