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Inheritance and the family
— attitudes to will-making and intestacy | | Author(s) | Alun Humphrey, Lisa Mills, Gareth Morrell |
| Corporate Author | National Centre for Social Research - NatCen; Cardiff University |
| Publisher | National Centre for Social Research - NatCen, London, 2010 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Research Findings) |
| Source | National Centre for Social Research, 35 Northampton Square, London EC1V 0AX. Http://www.natcen.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Assets [elderly] ; Wills ; Legacies ; Attitude ; The Family ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The researchers investigated public attitudes as to how inheritance should be dealt with in law, both when a will is made and in cases of intestacy (where someone dies without making a will). Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, this study was conducted to inform a review of the law of intestacy by the Law Commission for England and Wales. The findings show that the current law largely reflects public attitudes, but that on key issues such as the entitlement of cohabitants, the intestacy rules may need updating. The study involved an attitudinal survey of 1556 adults across England and Wales, and 30 qualitative in-depth interviews. The full report (same title) is available on the NatCen website (http://natcen.ac.uk/our-research/research/inherita... (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171031001 P |
| Classmark | JD: VTH: QE7: DP: SJ: 3F * |
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