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Recommendation for a local solicitor in D15

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  • 12-12-2016 8:59am
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    dibs101
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭


    Looking for a recommendation for a local solicitor to do a will. There are 3 or 4 in blanch village, anyone used any of them for same or have any good experiences with them? PM if preferred.


    Cheers


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    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,004 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    Why do you need a Solicitor?
    Your local Credit Union should be able to offer free Will making advice. A number of very fine charities also offer free Will making service's. You can also purchase a Will making kit from any good stationary shop, for as little as €14.50.

    Also the Citizen Information Service offer's a fantastic range of information and pointers.
    The requirements of a valid will

    It is possible to draw up a will yourself or you can hire a solicitor to help you. For a will to be legally valid, the following rules apply:

    The will must be in writing
    You must be over 18 (if you are or have been married you can be under 18)
    You must be of sound mind
    You must sign or mark the will or acknowledge the signature or mark in the presence of two witnesses.
    Your two witnesses must sign the will in your presence
    Your two witnesses cannot be people who will gain from your will and they must be present with you at the same time for their attestation to be valid. The witnesses' spouses/civil partners also cannot gain from your will.
    Your witnesses must see you sign the will but they do not have to see what is written in it.
    The signature or mark must be at the end of the will.
    These are legal requirements and if they any of them are not met, the will is not valid. If you want to change your will after you make it, you can add a codicil (amendment or change) to your will; this codicil must meet the same requirements set out above.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/death/before_a_death/making_a_will.html


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    AlanG
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    Niamh Moran in Tyrrelstown is supposed to be pretty good according to friends of mine who used her.
    https://carmodymoran.ie/about-us/

    A good thing about using a solicitor is that they will hold onto a copy of the will.


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    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,004 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    AlanG wrote: »
    A good thing about using a solicitor is that they will hold onto a copy of the will.

    I wouldn't necessarily agree, http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/absence-of-register-of-wills-puts-ireland-out-of-step-with-europe-1.1420584


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