PA15 — Renunciation (Will) -

Legacy_user

I am trying to get this filled out for an Executor who doesn't want do this. (which is OK, we have another Executor who is able to).

The bit that is confusing is there is a statement:
"Please complete all the boxes then the executor who wishes to renounce should
sign in the presence of an independent witness"

So everything needs to be completed... Further down the document, there are two dates, both of which need to be completed.

• Date of will
• Date of codicil

The will only has the one date on in. My understanding is that a codicil is old English legal spew for what common idiots (like myself) would call "an amendment", there are no amendments on this will, it's the only will that was ever written, and has a single date. What do I do, leave it blank, put it to the same date as the will?

I don't want this to be rejected over something silly like this. <RANT> I did phone the Probate helpline, but they were totally useless, directing me to the local numbers, none of which had any form of modern telephone queuing system and after many calls to listen to 5 minutes of website URL's and excuses as to why they are really busy, they all just hang up. </RANT>

Linton

Yes, a codicil is a formal change to a will.


If there are no codicils leave it blank or perhaps better put N/A. As long as the situation is clear the form wont be rejected, its not not an examination in form-filling. If you put in a date someone may thnk that there is a codicil which could confuse matters significantly.

System

Thanks, since writing this, I recalled the company that wrote and stored the will had a helpline, I spoke to them, and they said the same, it's a crap form, leave it blank, putting anything in there would confuse matters.

Tom99

Vim_Fuego wrote: »

Thanks, since writing this, I recalled the company that wrote and stored the will had a helpline, I spoke to them, and they said the same, it's a crap form, leave it blank, putting anything in there would confuse matters.

look at question 6, there are two possible answers both of which assume the executor is a residuary beneficiary.