Families and Relationships Parents ‘reluctant to leave money to married children in case they get divorced’
Parents ‘reluctant to leave money to married children in case they get divorced’
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A third of parents are reluctant to leave money to their married children when they die in case they get divorced, research indicates.
A third of parents are reluctant to leave money to their married children when they die in case they get divorced, research indicates.
Some 35 per cent of parents said they were unwilling to leave an inheritance as their child's spouse could end up with some of the assets in the event of a split, according to investment management firm Rensburg Sheppards.
One in four parents admitted that they were not confident their children's marriages would last.
But 72 per cent said they would like to see pre-nuptial agreements become legally binding in the UK, as this would enable them to make gifts to their children, safe in the knowledge that if they later got divorced, the money would still benefit their child.
Nick Gartland, senior financial planning director at Rensburg Sheppards, said: 'Given the UK's high divorce rate it's understandable that many parents are pessimistic about how their own kids' marriages will turn out.
'Parents may often be reluctant to interfere in their children's choice of partner for fear of causing a family rift, yet their concerns are more likely to be expressed by putting off gifting assets to their children or conducting any inheritance planning.
Read more at the Mail Online.
