DISTRIBUTE YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY

Wills & Estates

Wills

A Will is a legally binding document that states how all your property is to be distributed at your death. There are very strict requirements for preparing a valid will, including that it be in writing, signed and properly witnessed.

Why should you prepare a will?

Peace of mind

Peace of mind that you have provided for your loved ones as best you could, according to their needs and that your loved ones can more easily access an inheritance from you.

Quick & economical for your family

A properly prepared will ensures the process of distributing your estate runs efficiently and cost-effectively. A well-drafted will also reduces the likelihood of ‘family provision claims’ and ending up in court.

Bequests to others

Having a valid will is also vital if you want to bequeath gifts or assets to non family members such as friends or charities.

Why choose Enrights Solicitors to prepare your will

Ensures the requirements are met

When doing it yourself, you risk not satisfying all the requirements for a valid will or not expressing your intentions clearly. You may also create tax liabilities which your beneficiaries will have to pay. Finally, ‘do it yourself’ wills are more likely to be contested and end up in court.

Years of experience

Enrights Solicitors has experience preparing simple and complex wills, expertise obtaining ‘probate’, contesting wills and acting in family provision claims.

Assured its prepared correctly

You can be confident your will is prepared correctly.

Estates & Probate

‘Probate’ involves obtaining an order from the Court to give effect to a will and distributing the former estate of a deceased person. The process is overseen by an ‘Executor’ if there is a will, or by the Court in the absence of one whereby the Court issues ‘Letters of Administration’.

Probate involves identifying and listing the deceased person’s property, accounting and valuing the property, as well as paying taxes and creditors out of the deceased’s assets. If there is a will, the assets are distributed according to the instructions therein, and if there is no will, assets are distributed according to state law.

If you are family or had any dependence on a deceased, you may also be able to make a ‘family provision claim’, even if you have not been provided for in a valid will, thus allowing you to receive an inheritance. This is a matter of justice to you.

Enrights Solicitors has extensive expertise in obtaining probate, administering the estate, acting on Letters of Administration and launching family provision claims.