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Legal Documents Checklist for Over 50s (UK 2026)

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Note: The following scenario is fictional and used for illustration.

Margaret, 52, thought she had time. A primary school teacher in Leeds with two adult children and a £380,000 house jointly owned with her husband, she'd made a basic will 15 years earlier.

When her brother David suffered a stroke at 54 and his family had to apply to the Court of Protection—a process that cost £365, took 8 months, and left his wife unable to access their joint savings during his hospital stay—Margaret realized she had no Lasting Power of Attorney in place.

If the same happened to her, her husband Paul would face the same nightmare.

According to Office of the Public Guardian data, 1.41 million people applied for LPAs in 2024-25, and with 483,000 people aged 65+ now diagnosed with dementia in England—a record high in December 2024—capacity loss isn't a distant concern.

Your 50s are the critical decade to get your legal documents in order. This checklist covers every essential document UK adults over 50 need to protect themselves and their families.

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Your 50s bring unique life transitions that make estate planning urgent. Adult children are establishing their own lives, aging parents may need care, and you're approaching retirement with significant assets to protect.

The statistics are sobering. 54% of UK adults don't have a will, and nearly 60% of parents lack valid wills. Meanwhile, 483,000 people aged 65+ have been diagnosed with dementia in England—a record high reached in December 2024.

Dementia doesn't just affect the elderly. Around 5% of dementia cases occur in people under 65, affecting those in their 40s and 50s.

Without proper legal documents, your family faces financial chaos. Court of Protection applications cost £365 in fees plus solicitor fees of £1,000-£2,000, and take months to process. During that time, your family can't access your bank accounts or make financial decisions on your behalf.

The good news? Getting your legal documents in order costs £300-£500 total and takes less than a week. Compare that to the £5,000+ your family will pay if you don't act.

James, 52, created all five essential documents for £485 total. His colleague Emma, also 52, had nothing in place. When Emma had a severe stroke, her husband spent £1,800 on Court of Protection applications and waited 10 months to access their joint savings.

Your 50s are when you have the clarity to make these decisions and the capacity to create legally binding documents. Don't wait until it's too late.

Think of these five documents as your complete legal protection package. Each serves a specific purpose, and together they cover every scenario where your family might need guidance.

Document 1: Valid Will

Your will controls who inherits your estate after death. It appoints executors to manage your estate, names guardians for any minor children or grandchildren in your care, and protects unmarried partners who have no automatic inheritance rights under intestacy rules.

Document 2: Property & Financial Affairs LPA

This Lasting Power of Attorney allows your chosen attorney to manage your finances if you lose mental capacity. They can pay bills, access bank accounts, sell property, manage investments, and handle pensions. You can choose whether it takes effect immediately or only when you lack capacity.

Document 3: Health & Welfare LPA

This LPA gives your attorney the power to make medical decisions, consent to or refuse treatment, choose care arrangements, and make care home placement decisions if you can't make these choices yourself. It only takes effect when you lack capacity.

Document 4: Advance Decision (Living Will)

This document specifies medical treatments you want to refuse—like life support or CPR—in specific circumstances. It's legally binding under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and ensures doctors respect your wishes even when you can't communicate them.

Document 5: Asset Inventory

A comprehensive list of everything you own: property, pensions, investments, bank accounts, insurance policies, debts, and digital assets. This roadmap helps your executors and attorneys find everything quickly without months of detective work.

Patricia, 56, discovered her father had dementia but no LPAs. She spent £1,200 and 11 months applying to the Court of Protection to gain authority over his finances. Watching her parents go through this crisis, she immediately created all five documents for herself—total cost £560, total time 8 hours spread over two weeks.

Your Will: The Foundation Document (and Why Your Old Will May Not Work)

If you made a will 10 or 20 years ago, there's a good chance it no longer reflects your wishes or circumstances. Almost half of UK wills are out of date due to major life events.

Your 50s bring complexity that your younger self didn't anticipate. You may own property worth £300,000-£500,000, have substantial pension savings, manage investments, and face decisions about adult children, second marriages, or aging parents.

A will made at 30 probably names your parents as executors and beneficiaries. But if your parents have died, you've remarried, or you have stepchildren, that old will could create chaos.

Marriage automatically revokes any previous will, meaning you're instantly intestate. Divorce doesn't revoke your entire will, but it treats your ex-spouse as if they died before you—potentially leaving your estate to unintended beneficiaries.

Your will needs to address inheritance tax. The nil-rate band is £325,000 plus a residence nil-rate band of £175,000 if you're passing your home to direct descendants. These thresholds are frozen until April 2030, meaning more estates now face inheritance tax.

For married couples, you can potentially pass on up to £1 million tax-free by combining both partners' allowances.

David, 58, made a will at 30 naming his parents as beneficiaries and executors. Both parents died years ago. He remarried and gained stepchildren. When his solicitor reviewed the outdated will, they discovered it would have directed everything to his first wife—they'd separated 20 years ago but never formally divorced. His old will was technically valid but would have caused a legal nightmare.

Your will must include residuary beneficiaries who inherit anything not specifically mentioned, executors under 65 who are organized and trustworthy, and clear instructions about how to divide assets fairly among children from different relationships.

Lasting Powers of Attorney: Your Protection Against Incapacity

Without an LPA, your family faces an expensive, lengthy process to gain authority over your affairs if you lose mental capacity through stroke, dementia, accident, or sudden illness.

The Court of Protection application process involves £365 in court fees plus solicitor fees typically between £1,000-£2,000. Applications take 6-12 months to process. During this time, your family cannot access your bank accounts, pay your mortgage, or sell property on your behalf—even if you jointly own assets.

Creating LPAs now prevents this nightmare. You need two types.

Property & Financial Affairs LPA covers everything money-related: managing bank accounts, paying bills, collecting income and benefits, selling your home, managing investments and pensions. You decide whether your attorney can use it as soon as it's registered or only when you lose capacity.

Health & Welfare LPA covers personal decisions: consenting to or refusing medical treatment, choosing where you live, deciding on daily care needs like washing and dressing, making care home placement decisions, and even making decisions about life-sustaining treatment if you've given that specific authority.

Both LPAs must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian before they can be used. Registration costs £92 per LPA—£184 total for both types. The registration process takes 8-10 weeks, so start now while you have capacity.

Choose your attorneys carefully. They should be trustworthy, organized, financially responsible, younger than you, and geographically accessible. Appoint replacement attorneys in case your first choice can't serve. Consider professional attorneys from solicitor firms for complex estates.

Susan, 53, registered both LPAs in 2023 for £184 total. In 2025, she had a severe stroke that left her unable to speak or manage her affairs. Her daughter immediately used the Property & Financial Affairs LPA to access Susan's bank accounts, pay her mortgage, arrange care home fees, and manage her pension. Without the LPA, Susan's family would have faced 8+ months of Court of Protection applications while bills went unpaid and late fees accumulated.

The time to create your LPA is now, while you have mental capacity. After a dementia diagnosis or stroke, it may be too late.

Advance Decisions (Living Wills): Your Medical Treatment Wishes

An advance decision gives you control over medical treatments you want to refuse in specific situations. It works alongside your Health & Welfare LPA to ensure your medical wishes are respected.

You create this document while you have mental capacity, and it becomes active when you lack capacity to consent to treatment. Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, a valid advance decision is legally binding—doctors must respect it.

You can refuse specific treatments: life-sustaining treatment like mechanical ventilation or CPR, artificial nutrition and hydration, specific procedures or surgeries, certain medications, or blood transfusions.

You cannot refuse basic care. This includes keeping you warm, pain relief, hygiene care, or treatment under the Mental Health Act for mental health conditions.

For life-sustaining treatment refusals, your advance decision must be in writing, signed, witnessed, and include a specific statement that the decision applies even if your life is at risk.

An advance decision focuses on refusals—what you don't want. Your Health & Welfare LPA attorney makes broader decisions about treatment you do want, daily care, and medical choices not covered by your advance decision. The attorney must respect your advance decision.

Robert, 61, created an advance decision refusing CPR and mechanical ventilation if he developed advanced dementia with no quality of life. He also made a Health & Welfare LPA appointing his wife as attorney.

After a stroke left him with severe dementia and no ability to communicate, his wife used her LPA authority to make daily care decisions and arrange appropriate pain management. When Robert developed pneumonia, doctors had to decide about mechanical ventilation. Robert's advance decision was clear: no mechanical ventilation in these circumstances. Doctors respected his wishes, and Robert received palliative care instead.

Discuss your advance decision with your GP to ensure your medical preferences are clear and realistic. Review it every few years and after any significant health diagnosis.

Getting Your Financial House in Order: Asset Inventory and Documentation

When you die or lose capacity, your executors or attorneys need to know what you own, where it's held, and how to access it. Without this information, they'll spend months tracking down accounts and assets.

Your asset inventory should document everything of value.

Property: List all addresses you own or have an interest in, note whether you own as joint tenants or tenants in common, record mortgage details and lender information, and document where you keep property deeds.

Bank Accounts: Include all current accounts, savings accounts, and joint accounts with account numbers, sort codes, and online login details.

Pensions: Record workplace pensions, private pensions, SIPPs, and your state pension forecast. Include provider names, policy numbers, and contact details.

Investments: List ISAs, stocks and shares, bonds, investment platforms, and adviser contact information.

Insurance Policies: Document life insurance, critical illness cover, income protection, policy numbers, sum assured, and named beneficiaries.

Debts: Record mortgages, personal loans, credit cards, amounts owed, and account numbers.

Digital Assets: Include email accounts, social media profiles, cloud storage services, cryptocurrency wallets, online subscriptions, and digital photo libraries. Over 90% of will-makers may not be including digital assets in their estate planning—don't make this mistake.

Store your asset inventory in a secure location like a fireproof safe or bank safety deposit box. Tell your executors and attorneys where to find it. Update it annually or after major financial changes.

Age UK offers a free LifeBook resource for organizing personal information, finances, documents, possessions, and final wishes.

When Thomas, 59, died suddenly of a heart attack, his wife Linda found 14 bank accounts, 6 pension policies, and 3 ISAs scattered across different providers—none of which Thomas had mentioned.

Without an asset inventory, Linda spent 18 months writing to dozens of financial institutions, searching through filing cabinets, and reviewing years of bank statements to track down everything Thomas owned. Some accounts had just a few hundred pounds, but others had tens of thousands.

Thomas's brother Richard learned from this tragedy. He spent 4 hours one Saturday creating a comprehensive asset inventory with account numbers, online passwords, and contact details for every financial institution. When Richard's own health scare happened two years later, his wife had everything she needed in one document. That 4-hour investment saved his family months of stress.

Special Considerations for Over-50s: Second Marriages, Adult Children, and Aging Parents

Your 50s often involve complex family dynamics that require careful estate planning.

Second Marriages and Blended Families

You want to provide for your current spouse while protecting your children's inheritance from your first marriage. Without planning, your entire estate could go to your new spouse, who might later leave everything to their own children, cutting yours out entirely.

Life interest trusts offer a solution. Your spouse can live in your property for their lifetime, but after they die, the property passes to your children from your first marriage. This protects both your spouse's housing security and your children's eventual inheritance.

Mutual wills create a legally binding agreement that neither spouse will change their will after the first one dies. Both spouses agree on beneficiaries and cannot alter these arrangements later.

Remember: marriage automatically revokes previous wills. If you remarry without making a new will, intestacy rules apply and your previous will becomes void.

Helen, 55, remarried after her first husband died. She had two adult children from her first marriage. Without planning, if Helen died, her new husband would inherit everything. He could then remarry and leave the entire estate to his new family, disinheriting Helen's children.

Helen created a will with a life interest trust. Her new husband can live in the house for his lifetime after Helen dies, but he cannot sell it or leave it to anyone else. After he dies or moves out, the property passes to Helen's two children. This arrangement protects everyone's interests.

Adult Children Considerations

You may want to control when children inherit. Instead of receiving everything at 18, consider age restrictions—perhaps they inherit at 25 or 30. Appoint trustees to manage their inheritance until they reach that age.

Unequal distribution can work if properly documented. Perhaps you're leaving the family home to one child who helped care for you, while giving equivalent value in cash or investments to another child. Document your reasoning clearly to prevent disputes.

If you have a disabled adult child, consider discretionary trusts to protect their means-tested benefits. Direct inheritance could disqualify them from benefits they rely on.

Aging Parents

If your parents appointed you as their attorney, ensure the LPA is registered before a crisis hits. An unregistered LPA cannot be used, and registration takes 8-10 weeks.

If you're expecting an inheritance from your parents, factor this into your own estate planning and inheritance tax calculations.

Mark, 52, was appointed attorney for his 78-year-old mother, but he kept the LPA document in a drawer without registering it with the Office of the Public Guardian. When his mother had a stroke and lost capacity, Mark discovered he couldn't use the LPA—it wasn't registered.

He had to submit it for registration, which took 9 weeks. During that time, his mother's bills went unpaid, her pension wasn't claimed, and care home fees accumulated. The LPA was perfectly valid, but completely useless until registration completed.

Don't make Mark's mistake. If someone has appointed you as their attorney, register the LPA immediately—even if they're healthy now.

Let's break down the real costs so you can make an informed decision about protecting your family.

Will Costs:

  • Solicitor: £650-£1,200 for an individual will, £1,000-£2,000 for mirror wills for couples
  • Online service (WUHLD): £99.99 for a complete will with execution guides
  • DIY will pack: £10-£40, but high risk of errors making your will invalid

LPA Costs:

  • Registration fee: £92 per LPA (mandatory Office of the Public Guardian fee)—£184 for both types
  • Solicitor drafting: £300-£500 per LPA plus £92 registration fee = £392-£592 per LPA
  • Online LPA service: £100-£150 per LPA plus £92 registration fee
  • DIY: £0 drafting cost plus £92 registration fee (high risk of errors)

Advance Decision: Usually free—you can write it yourself with proper witnessing. Solicitors may charge £100-£200 for complex versions with detailed medical scenarios.

Total Cost Comparison:

Budget route (DIY will and LPAs): £184 registration fees only. Seems cheap, but 30-40% of DIY wills contain errors. Your family may pay £3,000-£8,000 later to fix an invalid will through solicitors.

Online route (WUHLD will plus online LPAs): £99.99 + approximately £300 + £184 registration = around £584 total. Balanced approach providing quality and guidance without solicitor prices.

Solicitor route (full service): £1,500-£3,000+ for will and both LPAs. Comprehensive professional service justified for complex estates.

Cost of NOT Having Documents:

Without a will, your family pays £3,000-£8,000 in solicitor fees to obtain letters of administration and sort out intestacy complications.

Without LPAs, Court of Protection applications cost £365 plus £1,000-£2,000 in solicitor fees = £1,365-£2,365 minimum.

Probate fees cost £300 if the estate is over £5,000.

Compare three approaches:

Sarah (DIY): Spent £184 on LPA registrations and used a free will template online. Her will was invalid because her daughter witnessed it—beneficiaries cannot be witnesses. When Sarah died, her family paid £3,500 to solicitors to sort out the intestate estate.

James (online service): Spent £584 total—£99.99 for WUHLD will plus online LPA service and registration fees. All documents were legally valid. When James lost capacity after a stroke, his wife used the LPAs immediately. No court involvement, no delays, no extra costs.

Emma (solicitor): Spent £2,800 for solicitor-drafted will and both LPAs with professional advice. All documents valid and comprehensive. Emma had a complex estate with buy-to-let properties and business interests, so the solicitor advice was worthwhile. But if her estate had been straightforward, she could have saved £2,200 using an online service.

DIY vs Online vs Solicitor: Which Option Is Right for You?

Most people waste money on expensive solicitors or risk everything with DIY. Here's how to choose the right option for your situation.

When DIY Works (Rare):

DIY might work if you have a very simple estate: under £325,000, single with no children, no property ownership, and straightforward wishes like "everything to my sibling."

The risk is substantial. 30-40% of DIY wills contain errors. Common mistakes include beneficiaries acting as witnesses (making their gift void), lack of capacity evidence, ambiguous wording, improper execution, and invalid witness signatures.

These errors cost your family thousands to fix. The £30 you saved becomes £3,000-£8,000 in solicitor fees to sort out an invalid will or intestacy complications.

Verdict: High risk, minimal savings. Not recommended unless your estate is exceptionally simple.

When Online Services Work (Most People):

Online services suit straightforward estates: standard family structure, property ownership, clear beneficiaries, and simple distribution wishes.

Guided online platforms like WUHLD (£99.99) ask the right questions in the right order, preventing common errors. You get expert review, legally valid documents when properly executed, and significant savings compared to solicitors.

WUHLD provides a complete package: your will document, a detailed Testator Guide explaining how to sign correctly, a Witness Guide for your witnesses, and an Asset Inventory template.

This approach works for 80%+ of UK adults. It balances cost, quality, and convenience without the risks of DIY or the expense of solicitors.

Verdict: Best value for most people—£99.99 for professional-quality documents with guidance.

When Solicitors Are Needed (Complex Situations):

Solicitors provide value for complex estates requiring specialist advice:

  • Overseas property requiring separate wills under foreign jurisdiction
  • Business ownership, farming enterprises, or partnerships with succession planning needs
  • Disabled dependents requiring discretionary trusts to protect benefits
  • Large estates (£1M+) needing sophisticated inheritance tax mitigation
  • Family dispute concerns—estranged children, second marriages, or vulnerability to legal challenges
  • Agricultural property relief or business property relief claims

Solicitors offer tailored advice, complex trust drafting, inheritance tax planning strategies, and reduced risk of successful challenges to your will.

For complex estates, £1,500-£3,000 in solicitor fees is a worthwhile investment for specialist expertise.

Verdict: Essential for complex situations—get specialist advice.

Karen, 54, has a £450,000 house, £120,000 pension, and two adult children. She's married with a straightforward estate. She used WUHLD (£99.99) to create her will, followed the execution guide carefully with two work colleagues as witnesses, and saved £550 compared to a solicitor. Her will is legally valid and her family is protected.

Karen's sister Jane, 56, owns three buy-to-let properties worth £2.3 million total, has a disabled son who receives benefits, and is worried about inheritance tax. Jane paid a specialist solicitor £2,500 for complex trust planning, inheritance tax mitigation advice, and a discretionary trust to protect her son's benefits. The solicitor advice was essential for Jane's situation.

Both sisters chose correctly for their circumstances.

Your Action Plan: Getting These Documents in Place This Month

Stop procrastinating. Here's your week-by-week action plan to complete everything in four weeks.

Week 1: Information Gathering (2-3 hours)

Set aside one Sunday afternoon to gather everything you need.

List all your assets: property addresses and values, bank accounts and balances, pension providers and values, investments and ISAs, life insurance policies.

List all your debts: mortgage amounts and providers, personal loans, credit cards.

Identify your beneficiaries: who should inherit what, and in what proportions.

Choose two executors: people under 65, organized, trustworthy, and willing to serve.

Choose your attorneys for both LPAs: people you trust absolutely with your money and your health, ideally younger than you, financially responsible and organized.

Week 2: Will Creation (1-2 hours)

Choose your service. For most people, online is the right balance of cost and quality.

Complete your will online. WUHLD's guided process takes 15 minutes to complete all questions.

Review your draft will carefully to ensure all details are correct.

Arrange signing with two independent witnesses. They must not be beneficiaries or married to beneficiaries. Colleagues at work, neighbors, or friends are ideal witnesses.

Sign your will following the execution guide instructions. All three people (you and both witnesses) must be present at the same time.

Week 3: LPA Creation (2-3 hours)

Complete your Property & Financial Affairs LPA. Decide whether it can be used immediately or only when you lack capacity.

Complete your Health & Welfare LPA. Consider whether to give your attorney authority over life-sustaining treatment decisions.

Discuss the attorney role with your chosen attorneys. They need to understand the responsibilities and agree to serve.

Sign both LPAs with a certificate provider (someone who confirms you understand what you're doing) and a witness.

Submit both LPAs to the Office of the Public Guardian with the £92 registration fee per LPA. Allow 8-10 weeks for registration.

Week 4: Supporting Documents (2 hours)

Create your advance decision if you want to refuse specific medical treatments. Discuss your preferences with your GP to ensure your wishes are medically clear.

Complete your asset inventory using the Age UK LifeBook or a simple spreadsheet. Include every account, policy, and asset with contact details.

Store all documents securely in a fireproof safe or bank safety deposit box.

Tell your executors and attorneys where your documents are stored and how to access them.

Give copies to your executors and attorneys so they have the information when they need it.

Ongoing: Annual Review

Review all your documents every January. Add it to your calendar as a recurring reminder.

Update your will and LPAs after major life events: divorce, remarriage, births, deaths, significant asset changes, house moves, or receiving a large inheritance.

Michael, 53, followed this action plan. Week 1, he gathered all his information on a Sunday afternoon (3 hours). Week 2, he completed his WUHLD will online (15 minutes) and signed it with two colleagues at work (30 minutes). Week 3, he completed both LPAs with his wife as primary attorney and his daughter as replacement attorney (2 hours). Week 4, he created his asset inventory and stored everything securely (1 hour).

Total time: 6.75 hours. Total cost: £99.99 (will) + £184 (LPA registrations) = £283.99.

Michael's family is now protected. If he loses capacity tomorrow, his wife can manage everything immediately. If he dies, his executors have clear instructions and a complete asset inventory.

The hardest part is starting. Once you begin, you'll wonder why you waited so long.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What legal documents should I have in place by age 50?

A: By age 50, you should have five essential legal documents: a valid will, two Lasting Powers of Attorney (one for property and finances, one for health and welfare), an advance decision (living will) if you have specific medical treatment preferences, and a comprehensive asset inventory. These documents protect you if you lose capacity and ensure your wishes are followed.

Q: Is 50 too young to make a Lasting Power of Attorney?

A: No, 50 is not too young for an LPA—it's the ideal time. You must have mental capacity to create an LPA, and dementia can affect people in their 40s and 50s. With 483,000 people aged 65+ diagnosed with dementia in England (December 2024), creating your LPA while you're healthy ensures your chosen attorneys can act if you lose capacity unexpectedly.

Q: What happens if I don't have these legal documents after 50?

A: Without a will, intestacy rules decide who inherits your estate—your partner may inherit nothing if you're unmarried. Without LPAs, your family must apply to the Court of Protection (costing £365+ and taking months) to make decisions for you. Without an advance decision, doctors make medical treatment decisions without knowing your wishes.

Q: How much does it cost to get legal documents in order at 50?

A: Costs vary significantly. A solicitor-drafted will typically costs £650+, and LPAs cost £92 each to register with the OPG. Online services like WUHLD offer wills for £99.99. For comprehensive estate planning (will + 2 LPAs + advice), expect £500-£2,000 with a solicitor, or under £300 using online services.

Q: Do I need to update my will and LPAs after 50?

A: Yes, review your will and LPAs every 3-5 years or after major life events: divorce, remarriage, births, deaths, significant asset changes, or moving house. Almost half of UK wills are out of date due to life changes. Your 50s often bring transitions like adult children, retirement planning, and inheritance from parents—all trigger points for updates.

Q: Can I make these legal documents myself or do I need a solicitor?

A: You can legally create your own will and LPAs in the UK, but they must meet strict legal requirements. DIY wills risk being invalid if improperly executed (wrong witnesses, lack of capacity, unclear wording). Online guided services like WUHLD (£99.99) provide legally valid wills with expert guidance. Complex estates (business ownership, overseas property, disabled dependents) benefit from solicitor advice.

Q: What's the difference between a will and a Lasting Power of Attorney?

A: A will takes effect after you die and controls who inherits your estate. An LPA takes effect while you're alive but lack mental capacity to make decisions. You need both: your will protects your family after death, while your LPAs protect you during your lifetime if illness or accident leaves you unable to manage your affairs.

Key Takeaways

Your 50s are the decade when protecting your family becomes critical. Here's what you need to do:

  • Get your will sorted this week: 54% of UK adults have no will—don't be part of the statistic. Online services like WUHLD make will creation simple (15 minutes, £99.99) and legally valid.
  • Register both LPAs before you need them: With dementia diagnoses at record highs (483,000 aged 65+ in England), capacity loss can happen suddenly. Both LPAs cost £184 total to register and prevent £1,365+ Court of Protection costs.
  • Create your asset inventory: Executors and attorneys need to know what you own. Spend 2-3 hours documenting all property, accounts, pensions, investments, debts, and digital assets.
  • Review documents every year: Almost half of UK wills are out of date. Set an annual reminder to review after major life events (divorce, remarriage, births, deaths, house moves).
  • Don't wait for "the right time": Your 50s are the critical decade. The average time people spend creating these documents: 6-8 hours total. The time your family will spend without them: 6-12 months of stress and £5,000+ in costs.

Your 50s bring clarity about what matters most: protecting the people you love and ensuring your wishes are respected. These five legal documents—a will, two LPAs, an advance decision, and an asset inventory—cost less than a weekend break but provide your family with priceless peace of mind.

The hardest part is starting. Once you begin, you'll wonder why you waited so long.

Need Help with Your Will?

With all these documents now clear in your mind—wills, LPAs, advance decisions, and asset inventories—the natural starting point is creating a will that accurately reflects your wishes and protects the people you care about most.

Create your legally valid UK will in under 15 minutes with WUHLD. For just £99.99, you'll get your complete will (legally binding when properly executed and witnessed) plus three expert guides. Preview your will free before paying anything—no credit card required.

Legal Disclaimer: This article provides general information only and does not constitute legal or financial advice. WUHLD is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Laws and guidance change and their application depends on your circumstances. For advice about your situation, consult a qualified solicitor or regulated professional. Unless stated otherwise, information relates to England and Wales.

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