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Originally Posted by torrenter  Can you have a Spanish will for Spanish assets, ans a seperate English will for English assets? |
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Janet has said in her excellent opening post, you should have two wills - the Spanish one will only mention your Spanish assets - your English one, the principal one, should mention all your assets and of course, as she points out, the instructions in both as to how you want to dispose of your Spanish assets must agree.
You are trying to ensure that English (or Irish) law will apply, for you have more freedom under Common Law as to how you dispose of your assets. The Civil Code followed in many continental countries (Spain, France, Italy etc) actually specifies the percentage of your estate that you must leave to your spouse, your children etc.