MAKE YOUR WILL AT BARRY HEALY & COMPANY SOLICITORS MOANGHAN T/A HEALY LAW

WILLS

The Genuine Article or Not?

If your Will is valid, then your estate will be administered by your chosen Executors in accordance with your wishes. 

 However if, for whatever reason, your Will is held to be invalid, then you will be considered to have died intestate (effectively without a will), meaning your assets will be distributed according to the Succession Act 1965.

A Will is only valid if it meets all of the following requirements:

·         It is in writing.

·         The testator (the person making the Will) is at least 18 years old.

·         The testator has adequate mental capacity to make a Will.

·         The testator signs the Will in the presence of two witnesses.

·         The two witnesses then sign the Will in the presence of the testator.

·         The two witnesses do not benefit under the Will (if they do, their gift will fail, although the rest of the Will remains valid)

Failure to comply with these requirements will inevitably invalidate your will.