Legal Question in Legal Ethics in India

02.09.2013

Dear Sir / Madam,

A Will can be handwritten or typed with :

1. your full name and address;

2. details of all your family members who are blood relatives (parents, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters);

3. details of each of your property (moveable and immoveable) like house, vehicle, jewellery, precious stones, cash, shares, bank balances and deposits, policies, etc.,

4. Name of each beneficiary to whom you wish that each of your assets as in point (3) above should be given to after you;

5. You should name the executor of the Will, with whom you will entrust the original Will and who is supposed to ensure that the title of all your property is actually transferred to the beneficiary(ies) after you;

6. A concluding statement that "This Will is being made by me without any undue influence or pressure on me from anybody and that I understand and mean all that I have stated therein".

7. You should sign the Will in the presence of two Witnesses (who are not the beneficiaries or the executor named in your Will).

8. The two witnesses who attest your signature on the Will have also to sign on your Will and give their full name; address and contact numbers on your Will.

9. Registration of your Will is optional and voluntary. An unregistered Will is legally valid.

Regards,

You may retain the services for drafting of a will.

Adv. Rajiv