Marrying again can be more legally complex but a pre-nuptial agreement can give  peace of mind

Legal advice for farmers

Getting married later in life: it avoids inheritance tax between them, but there is a lot more at stake in financial consequences, if a marriage fails.

Marriage rates among older people have continued to increase. This may be because we now live longer, healthier lives.

But there is the added incentive of avoiding inheritance tax between each other. Marrying later in life often means spouses these days are more likely to have built up substantial assets, for example, business, property and pensions, either through investment, success in business, or inheritance.