Beneficiary in a Will

sleepless_saver

mercedes125 wrote: »

If anyone can get a copy of the will would they be able to see the named peoples addreses on the will. As my friends grandma has passed away both her and her brother are on the will and she does not want her brother finding out where she lives he is in prison at the moment.

The Probate Service does have discretion about whether or not to make a will public, where "in the opinion of a registrar, such inspection would be undesirable or otherwise inappropriate".

She should explain (or better get the executor to explain) the circumstances to the Probate Service and ask them either to not make the will public or to conceal the address information.

InDebted2U_2

A friend of mine recently heard they were a beneficiary of a will, having only just been traced six months after the will was read. Can they get a copy of the will from the solicitors handling it? They haven't been offered a copy of the will although they have now received a cheque. Presumably they would have been invited to the reading of the will if they had been traced at the time so do they have a right to a copy of the will? Is the solicitor obliged to provide this if requested? I know it will eventually become public but they just want to know whether they are entitled to see the will now, as a named beneficiary?

Red_Heart

I've never heard of a "reading of a will" in real life. I suppose it does happen but it usually is in films for dramatic effect.
They can ask the solicitor if he will send a copy, if not they can obtain a copy from the link an earlier poster provided.

jackyann

sleepless_saver wrote: »

The Probate Service does have discretion about whether or not to make a will public, where "in the opinion of a registrar, such inspection would be undesirable or otherwise inappropriate".

She should explain (or better get the executor to explain) the circumstances to the Probate Service and ask them either to not make the will public or to conceal the address information.

I agree. It is fairly common to redact addresses in documents when people are worried.
I think Probate will help.