Dumbledore once said, "To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure." He left quite the mess behind, as Harry Potter found out. For us Muggles, perhaps a will might make things simpler once we depart.
It feels weird, though, doesn't it? Who to leave money to? How to calculate value? Who'd take the best care of a Lego Imperial Star Destroyer or a crabby old cat? Shriya Misra, partner of litigation at TKC Partners, who specialises in partition suits, and Pranav Jain, partner at Imprint Legal, who works in property law, break it down.
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