Will in TRNC - Is it necessary?

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 13:03

Any advice please. What is the law concerning property after death and if needed, how much will a Will cost? Thanks

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 13:34

Hi you may find this link helpful - http://www.hbpg-trnc.net/documents/Will.html

You will need to email Marian at - marian@ayza.net to receive the template.



Cooper

ricky


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 294

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 14:12

Already asked it 7 times, never had the will template. Not correct...

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 14:31

Had no problem myself ricky, received the template a couple of days after requesting it.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 14:36

Yes a will is essential in the TRNC. Make sure that whoever or however you make your will out, it is registered at the kyrenia courts

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 15:17

I did this 2 years ago, and it cost £90 if I remember rightly, and registered

it at law courts. No problem.

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 16:58

Thanks everyone, as ever, helpful advice.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 17:30

We got our will template from HBPG.



Easy to complete and cost 33tl for stamps. I say easy, it is as long as your estate is to be passed to spouse in first instance and if both dead the estate to go to one person or divided equally between others.



The will is lodged in court office. In fact this is done in exactly the same way if you use a legal person except, as someone said on an earlier thread "you do not have to give more money to ******* lawyers who have already stolen enough from you"!



If you die without a will your estate goes to the nearest male relative, ie if husband dies does not automatically go to spouse. It is therefore essential that a will is lodged.



If required, I kept copies of the pro formas. If you e me and tell me how many executors and how many benificiaries I will send the appropriate one.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 18:26

Just to put right a couple erroneous statements above:

If you do not make a will or if you do not make it according to strict rules your estate will be subject to exactly the same rules as Turkish Cypriots with no will, no more and no less i.e. when you die your heirs will have rights according to the laws here. There is absolutely no discrimination between male and female relatives.



Basically a British born person can bequeath everything. A foreigner apart from British can bequeath all his movables but the immovables are subject to the same rules as Turkish Cypriots.

ismet

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
12/04/2009 21:16

You do not need a solicitor as there is no such thing in the TRNC - you are well advised to have an Advokat. We have a good one (to put it another way one we feel we can trust) she even rewrote the wills at no charge as she was not happy with the wills doing what we required. If you want a referal do ask as I dont want to embarass her husband, who is a regular poster.



Your will is better deposited in the courts and that can be Famagusta or Kyrenia. Don't forget if you change your will to have the old one destroyed.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
13/04/2009 15:08

This may explain why ricky never received a reply - http://www.hbpg-trnc.net/documents/mailnotice.html

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
13/04/2009 15:18

I sent Marian an email last night and got the reply and template first thing this morning.

Thanks for the info cooper.