[Margaret Pilkington]

It is fine if you have a straight forward Will, but in these days of fractured families it can be complicated and if you do not pay someone to do it for you while you are alive, then it can be a costly event to sort it out after death.
If you have little to leave then it is not a worry...if you have only one wife and one child then again it is not much different...but if you have more than one wife and children from each marriage then it gets complicated.
Ma's will was very straightforward...it just wasn't legal...not witnessed so worthless.
My legal complications were from a brother who challenged my authority to deal with the estate(even though geographically he was not in a position to do it himself)
I did not wish to give the solicitors money..but it was an unfortunate necessity.