{"id":429,"date":"2026-07-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/elementor\/?p=429"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:00:00","slug":"why-review-your-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/why-review-your-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Why your will needs a regular review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"429\" class=\"elementor elementor-429\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-ecafd9f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ecafd9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ffb68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"c0ffb68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>A will is one of the most useful documents you can leave your family, yet many South Africans either do not have one or have not looked at it in years. If you die without a valid will, your estate is divided according to the law on intestate succession, which may not reflect your wishes at all.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8871a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8871a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/post-1-image-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-192\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442dcd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"442dcd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Life changes such as marriage, divorce, the birth of a child or buying property are good moments to review your will. You should also confirm who will act as executor and who will care for minor children. We draft and update wills, and we can keep the signed original safely in our office for your family.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage, children, divorce or a new property are all good reasons to check that your will is current.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[74,85],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-and-estates","tag-guides","tag-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35571,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/35571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}