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How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change
Your will lets you decide what happens to your money, property and…
Your will should set out: who you want to benefit from your will who…
For your will to be legally valid, you must: be 18 or over make it…
You should review your will every 5 years and after any major change in…
Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858
The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.
How to apply to the Court of Protection to make a will for someone who is not able to make one themselves, what forms to use, how much it costs and how the court decides
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
Changing an inheritance after death (a 'variation') and how it can affect amounts of Inheritance and Capital Gains tax due
Find out if you need to apply for probate to deal with the estate of someone who’s died. Discover how to apply for probate or letters of administration and what to do if there’s no will.
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
Use this form to search for a ‘grant of representation’ (known as ‘probate’) or a will for someone who died in England and Wales in or after 1858.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
Use this form to report that an original will is lost and you’re applying for probate. You must only use this form if you're representing yourself.
A guide for people who want to store their will or codicil (an update to the will) with HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
Use this form to apply for letters of administration to manage the estate of the person who has died if they have not left a will.
How to challenge a probate application (‘enter a caveat’) if there’s a dispute about a will. What to do if your probate application is challenged.
Use this form to apply for probate by post either as an executor named in the will of someone who's died, or as a beneficiary if there are no executors.
Make a court claim to challenge a probate decision.
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