What is the process involved in making a Will?

Oct 13, 2024 | Publication

A Will is an essential document that applies once you have passed away.  It sets out your wishes in relation to all sorts of things including who is to control your affairs, who is to receive your net assets, who is to look after any children under 18 years, how you are to be buried and what happens in the event of a beneficiary predeceasing you.

As part of the legal process for making a Will, we will discuss with you in detail your circumstances and your wishes.

We will then draft the Will for your careful review.  The Will may go through a number of versions until you and ourselves are satisfied with it.

We will then need to meet with you to have the Will executed.  There are specific legal requirements about how the Will needs to be legally executed in front of two witnesses not named in the Will. 

Normally two of our staff will be the witnesses.

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