Help with will! Plssss

getmore4less

madbadrob wrote: »

Ok firstly Nan and Grandads wills have to be taken as seperate because they died with less than 28 days between them thus meaning grandad cannot inherit nans items.

AIUI that ONLY applies to intestate estate.

Mojisola

getmore4less wrote: »

AIUI that ONLY applies to intestate estate.

Unless there is a clause in the will - we have one saying that if the beneficiaries don't survive us by 28 days, the inheritance goes to someone else.

madbadrob

getmore4less wrote: »

AIUI that ONLY applies to intestate estate.

I understood that to be the case with a will as well but I stand corrected

Rob

Loa2013

ok today i called a few more solicitors in england, 2 said u dnt have to be over 18 to be a witness but it is better to be.....

called 3 probate offices they said you do have to be over 18!

anyone know where i get a 100% correct answer as this is driving me insane as i dont know who to believe...

RAS

You could ask the probate office staff to tell you what act this comes under and what clause in that act. I would expect this to be in their "training manual"?

Loa2013

RAS wrote: »

You could ask the probate office staff to tell you what act this comes under and what clause in that act. I would expect this to be in their "training manual"?

they said they couldnt give any information that i would have to get a solicitor for that......

but all he did say was that u have to be 18 to sign as a witness.

thorsoak

A will does not have to be signed on each and every page to be valid.

The testator must sign the will in the presence of the two people who witness it, who must sign that they have witnessed it.

If your grandmother's will had the wording "if my husband does not survive me by 28 days", then her will must be the one that goes to probate.

RAS

This site keeps falling over.............

https://www.gov.uk/make-will/witnessing-your-will

Loa2013

sorry i meant should it be dated where it was signed by the witness?

thorsoak

Normally, when a solicitor (in England) draws up a will, the front page says
"Last will and Testament of Billy Bloggs dated the ---- day of ---20--"

And on the last page it says"signed this ---- day of

---

2013 by me, Billy Bloggs ................ (Billy Bloggs)

And witnessed by:-

.................. Name & Address

and

............... Name and Address"

And the blank bits of the date are written in by hand by the solicitor after it is signed.


Hope that helps.