making a will!

nataliehun

hey
does anyone have any ideas on how to write up a will? im a tad niave in these things...

any help would be great thanks!

Nevyn

http://www.wills.ie/wills/aboutwills3.html

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/death/before-a-death/making_a_will

LegacyUser

hey,recently i had to make one because i came into some inheritance-i wanted my share to go to my long term boyfriend if anything happened to me...if i didnt make the will it would have gone to both my parents as they were my next of kin... i never grew up with my dad and hadnt seen my mum for a long time so i needed to outline it clearly... i went to a solicitor who drew up the will and we signed it,then there is the question about who would get the money if god forbid me and my boyfriend both died like in a crash or something so i then had to decide that also...

the solicitor has a copy of the will in her safe and i have a copy if it at home...i dont think it cost that much-she was doing other work for me too -but it wasnt much at all...

it is worth being organised about it,especially if you have property or anything....

also i think you can just write one yourself but best to get it worded correctly xx

DenMan

Hi OP

The above two are great options into helping you put together a will. Also listed below are two others.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/family_matters/finance_wills.shtml

http://www.traceysolicitors.ie/making-a-will.html

Hope they are also of some assistance.

LegacyUser

there is a relative. lol. Well on a more serious note a solicitor should have offered you a "free one" if you bought a house.... Anyway you can pop into any solicitor and they will gladly oblige and i think it costs somewhere in the region of €40 or thereabouts.

Techniaccly as long as someone signs as a witness i think you can write it on any piece of paper one you entitle it "will"

impr0v

The citizens information link above is accurate and pretty comprehensive, but I'd nevertheless recommend going to a solicitor. It will cost you, but it could potentially save years of legal wrangling in the event of something happening to you.

LegacyUser

Ehhhhh - why don't U just go and see a solicitor ?
Get it done properly.

Gumbyman

impr0v wrote: »

The citizens information link above is accurate and pretty comprehensive, but I'd nevertheless recommend going to a solicitor. It will cost you, but it could potentially save years of legal wrangling in the event of something happening to you.

Completely agree. One word in wrong place could mean your will is deemed invalid. For sake of a hundred quid call in a do it with solicitor. He/she will have a blank version and you can fill it in there with your particulars. And he/she will usually provide two witnesses which makes it nice and painless.

Good luck with it!
Gumby.

dudara

You probably would be better off visiting a solicitor and paying the fee in order to have peace of mind that you have a correctly-drawn up will.

zuroph

to whom it concerns,
I leave all my worldly possessions to zuroph on boards
sincerely
natalie.

Loopy

Just be very careful. My family has been locked in a legal wrangle for years over a will and the wording of it.

Where there's a will there's a family...