Abi (Abbey) Foster

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The Curve · Why more families than ever are ending up in court over wills. · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

And I know there's some really ridiculous systems in place here in the UK where when someone passes on, you actually only have like nine months before you need to submit the tax return effectively form around inheritance.

And I think that can be really stressful for families.

And one of the main things that...

came up was dementia cases rising.

Dementia cases have risen from 55 million globally in 2020 to a projected 78 million by 2030.

So that's a 41% increase.

So that is going to show the amount of those, like all of those people that could be vulnerable to changes in their will.

You've got second marriages, stepchildren, competing loyalties, like...

There's so many blended families now in our society where we don't have to stay married to one person forever if it doesn't work for us and all that.

But that leads to blended families and step families.

And therefore, wills get really messy and complicated because in the past, if you had, let's say you didn't have a will and you got married, your setup is now that when you pass, all of your money goes to your spouse.

But actually, you may now have...

an ex-husband and you have a new husband.

Yeah, and new stepkids and, like, who actually benefits and legally why and how much do they get.

Yeah.

The practical though, if we dive into that, because I think that's what people really need to understand.

And one of the human parts of this, and I've said this to my own parents, is spend your money whilst you're alive.

There are allowances when it comes to inheritance tax across the globe.

And you want to try and obviously to completely avoid paying any tax or whatever.

You want to make sure that you keep your...

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