A young man suffers catastrophic head injuries in an accident.

[sandyRoe]

His wife leaves him and he ends up 'in care'. He wouldn't be capable of making a will, so when he dies, would the wife who abandoned him inherit whatever savings he has? That's assuming that she outlives him.
His social worker has arranged things so that his mother deals with his benefits at the minute.

[cassa333]

The mother needs to make a case to the courts for power of atterny or somthing like that.

When she has power or atterny ( or whatever) she then sells his assets to help pay for either the care he receives or for a few niceties to make his life a little more comforble. Then there is no money left.

If he has a compensation payout then it is even more important to make sure this is sorted legaly.

My nephew had a serious head injury and had a 10million payout. Although he wasn't married and he has a court appointed gaurdian and legal reprentative his will has been written for him setting out what happens to the money should he die. There is a piece in it naming all family members (non of us are beneficaries) so that no one can crawl out of the woodwork claiming any of it.

[mike11111]

God Almighty, not another law student too lazy to do his bloody homework>

[Jan1957]

If he didn't have a will leaving it to anyone else, yes of course his wife would inherit everything.

[NOX]

I seriously doubt Sandy is a fecking law student Mike:(