Photocopied will

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Biggles wrote: »

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Biggles wrote: »

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Apologies. I did indeed start at post one, but by the time you have read every single post, you haven't always remembered every single word and I missed the one sentence that has referred to the will being witnessed. I asked because the reply after me that I have quoted is the bit that stuck out to me when reading this thread through. There's been no mention of whether the OP knows who the people are who are the witnesses and if they can be traced. They quite possibly have information as to if this will was drawn up by a solicitors and maybe which one. They may even know if a later will was made. Tracing the witnesses I would have thought would be one of the first starting points, but they have barely been mentioned.

SevenOfNine wrote: »

OP has confirmed the Will was witnessed - our witnesses had to add their addresses, bit curious as to whether OP has actually tried to find either of them? Surely this Will (or any Will) can't have been witnessed properly with just a signature & printed name, but I'll stand corrected if that IS the case.

Also wondering if OP has tried to contact the other 2 beneficiaries to advise Aunt has died, under no obligation perhaps, but it will be interesting if one of THEM has the original & it bites you/mum in the behind at a later date. Particularly if clearly no attempt to contact them or Will witnesses was made - it's just going to smell of greed, sadly common when there's a death though.

Who knows you/mum have a copy, who has seen it apart from the 2 of you? If the answer is 'no-one' I'm surprised you haven't shoved it in the shredder & claimed "I know nothing", then gone down the intestate route....I'm not suggesting that by the way, there may be massive pitfalls (& it's not my head on any potential chopping block).