inherit

If he marries his new partner unless he has made a will leaving the properties to his daughters, on his death the usual rules of intestacy will apply. These only apply to married couples. If they are not married (or in a civil partnership, which will not apply here), the partner has no entitlement to any part of the estate. but can go to court asking for support if they can prove that they were dependent on their partner for any reason, for example they worked in the partner's business without pay or had a disability.

The rules are as follows:

If there are surviving children, grandchildren or great grandchildren of the person who died and the estate is valued at more than £250,000, the partner will inherit:
•all the personal property and belongings of the person who has died, and
•the first £250,000 of the estate, and
•a life interest in half of the remaining estate. This means that they cannot sell or dispose of this part of the estate, but can benefit from any income, for example, if the money is invested. on the widow/widower's death the money goes to the children.

I completely agree with you, FlicketyB. It is his duty to make a will before getting married.

A will made before marriage becomes invalid on marriage - he should make a will after his marriage naming his children as beneficiaries (if that is what he wants).

Yes, marriage invalidates any previous wills, so a new will should be set up and signed as soon as anyone marries (before they go off on honeymoon as you never know).

You can make a will in anticipation of marriage that is valid before the actual marriage

I didn't know that - interesting.

Yes rose- it surprises me that it isn't better publicised. It's a sensible idea of course because otherwise there's going to be a gap between getting married and getting round to doing a will and with so many more second marriages etc, more estates are complicated.

Pity daughter did not make a will leaving house to daughters really isn't it. So many people don't make wills.

Yes, it would seem a bit strange to rush from the church/registry office to the solicitor before going off on honeymoon with your new OH. Not a good start.