{
  "id": 9720501,
  "title": "My parents made DIY will changes but lawyers say it isn't valid - how do I avoid a family squabble over their inheritance?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/my-parents-made-diy-will-changes-but-lawyers-say-it-isnt-valid-how-do",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T06:54:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16156823/Parents-homemade-codicil-wills-worthless.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "They changed their will to include a previously estranged step-granddaughter, but lawyers now tell me the document they signed is worthless. What should I do?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}