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A Mirror Will is appropriate when you and your partner/spouse wish to write similar Wills. A Mirror Will produces two Wills with the following features :-
- The first Will is exactly the same as a normal Single Will.
- Your name is substituted with the name of your partner/spouse at the top of the second Will.
- Your partner/spouse's name is substituted with your name every time it appears in the second Will.
- Relationships are 'calculated' in the second Will, but you have the opportunity to 'edit' them before it is generated. e.g. If you leave a sum of money to your brother-in-law in the first Will, our system will suggest that in the second Will this legacy be left to your partner/spouse's brother. But before either Will is generated, you may correct our suggestion e.g. your brother-in-law may also be your spouse's brother-in-law.
The benefit of making Mirror Wills is one of ease (you only have to type everything in once, instead of twice) and cost.
You should make a Mirror Will if all of the following are true :-
- You want to leave your Residuary Estate to each other as the primary beneficiary.
- You have identical 'secondary' beneficiaries for your Residuary Estate.
- You are partners, civil partners or husband & wife.
- You both have the same Last Wishes or have specified them in separate letters
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