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Old Bank Chambers

1 King Street

Mold

Flintshire

CH7 1LA

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Our specialist solicitors have extensive experience in preparing Wills to cover all circumstances.  See our prices on our fixed prices page.  Our prices include the Will being registered on the National Will Registry.  

There are many different reasons to make a Will: to save Inheritance Tax, to appoint a guardian for a young child, to sort out funeral arrangements or to set out your intentions if you think family members may not agree.  Whether you have a complex estate well over the Inheritance Tax threshold (currently £325,000) or whether you simply want to make sure certain belongings go to certain people, we can make a Will to suit you.

Ask yourself the following:

• Do I expect my spouse to inherit all my property?
• Do I want to make special provision for children, grandchildren and friends?
• If I have young children would I feel safer appointing a legal guardian in case something happens to me?
• Would I like advice to minimise Inheritance Tax so that my family benefit and not the tax man?
• Wouldn't I want to appoint someone I know and trust to ensure my wishes are respected?

If you answer "yes" to any of these then you need a properly drafted Will.

What should I include in my Will?

You can choose who carries out your wishes (your Executors). You can set out whom you wish to benefit from your estate and in what proportions.  You can benefit charities if you want. A Will provides certainty as to what is to happen to you and can give guidance to your views on organ donation. This can be of much help to relatives at a difficult time.

How often do I need to change my Will?

It is advisable to review your Will generally every five or six years. There may be many reasons though which mean you should review your Will. You may have married since you made your last Will (in which case your Will may actually have been revoked) or you may be divorcing or separating. You may have children or more children or grandchildren now and want to include them in your Will. Your wealth may have gone up and Inheritance Tax could affect you now. If you need to alter your Will you should seek legal advice. We can recommend whether you need a new Will or simply a Codicil. You should not attempt to alter your own existing Will or attach anything to it. This could cause your Will to be void or give many problems to your Executors.

Below is a checklist of when a codicil can be made:

• Increasing or decreasing a gift to a beneficiary
• Appointing a different executor
• Appointing a new Trustee
• Changing a testamentary guardian
• Replacing a beneficiary if they have predeceased you  
• Changing funeral plans

A new Will would be required if:

• A trust is to be created
• You want to remove a beneficiary from your Will
• You want to change the main beneficiary of your Will

Your codicil needs to be attached to and stored with your original Will.

Can I write my own Will?

You can try, but many of the problems encountered with Wills often come from "home-made" Wills. The Probate Registry will usually have to approve the Will before your estate can be collected in. Incomplete signatures, not enough witnesses, pages missing, no date, wrong names, ineffective gifts and not revoking an earlier Will are a few examples of things which can go wrong if you have not sought legal advice for the preparation of your Will.