Estate planning for ‘modern’ international families: view from the UK—Lexunion Newsletter
Senior associate Jade Quirke has contributed a case study titled ‘blended families’ to the 33rd edition of the Lexunion Newsletter which sheds light on the complexities that arise when one or both partners in a couple lack legal parenthood status.
In the case study, the de-facto (but not biological) father of a 12-year-old child has not pursued a step-parent adoption application. She explains that, where a child is not officially adopted, other preparations must be made to avoid challenges down the line.
Modern families require modern estate planning and advisors who are alive to the fact that the nuclear family is no longer the norm. The diversity of these families should be celebrated but given the complex legal parenthood position, real care should be taken when estate planning to avoid challenges and complexities upon death.”
The Lexunion Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter on legal and tax developments in member countries of the Lexunion network. The full article is available to read online on Lexunion.
Jade Quirke is a senior associate in the family and children team. She specialises in international and domestic children law, adoption, surrogacy and fertility law.
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