Registering a will - easy

jasmina


Joined: 08/06/2008
Posts: 139

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 11:51

We have just registered our wills this morning. Used the template from the HBPG which was easy to follow.

Went down to the court in Girne and eventually were directed to the Registrar's office (ground floor second door to the right of the land office then 1st door on left) took our friends as witnesses and signed the documents in front of the registrar who then stamped them & put them into an envelope (provided by the court) and sealed with sealing wax, gave us a receipt, job done in 10 mins.

You need to take stamps with you, 32 tl for the will and 6tl for the register per person and of course you all need your passports.

vadiev


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 204

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 11:52

We did exactly the same last year but our friends were asked for £500 from their solicitor...

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:01

Best way to do it jasmina, why pay the solicitors all that money when its so simple

Jayne


Joined: 01/12/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:02

Thanks for the info - was only talking over weekend about getting our wills sorted but didnt know how to go about it.

Thanks for the info!

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:15

I'm pretty sure they are now only accepting Wills on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, i dont want you to have a wasted trip.

Jayne


Joined: 01/12/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:23

Thanks Cooper.

Do you know if they open in the afternoon at all as I work until 1pm.

I am just trying to get hold of the Will template off Marian.

Thanks all for your advice.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:26

Not sure about that Jayne as i did mine in the morning aswell, also check your email.



Cooper

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:54

hans or dutch crusader has a link so you can download a will

Jayne


Joined: 01/12/2008
Posts: 499

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 12:58

Marian has just emailed me the template - thanks to you all for your help and advice!

MrsSnakes



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 1100

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 13:45

Hi Jasmina, do the Court give you a copy after you and your witnesses signed and is there a registration number on the receipt? Just curious as need to make will here too.

Many thanks, Mrs Snakes

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 14:15

Hi Mrs Snakes we were not given copies but were given a receipt with a registration number on it.



Cooper

Lakelandlady


Joined: 15/11/2009
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 15:27

Making a will is the easy part, my husband and myself made very simple wills together, he died last year and I am still waiting for the house to be put into my name after paying £1200 sterling plus 800 tl for probate to our solicitor. The house was bought in joint names and we have had our Kocan for some time, so I really dont know what the hold up can be.

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 15:59

Msg 1



Thanks for the positive post as this is something we still have to do yet, definately not paying £500 to an advocate to do this when it is so easy to do yourself.



Thanks



Mike

spud1


Joined: 22/05/2007
Posts: 544

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 16:43

Msg. can you let me know how i can obtained HBPG. Back over next week i would like to register my will at the courts if possible. spud1.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
16/11/2009 16:54

To receive the Will template you need to email Marian from H.B.P.G

This is her address - marian@ayza.net

rogspur


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
30/11/2009 13:51

Hi Marian

Would you please be so kind to email me Roger Eatwell a copy of the draft will please as we want to complete a joint one when we are over again this Chrismas, plus any other info incompleting thisform please to r.eatwell@sky.com



Many Thanks

Roger Eatwell

Maz


Joined: 29/03/2009
Posts: 1924

Message Posted:
30/11/2009 19:27

Our lawyer charged us £100 each last year and merely plut the Wills in their safe - NOT registered at Court. I am on my way to get them back and start again, MAINLY because after we had said 'yes' to their being exector,and signing, I casually asked 'How much for being executor' and they said £1000 each. I nearly fell off my chair as the only thing we have that involves an executor is the house!

Rip off! I now know of another way of doing it, but the biggest headache is having an executor accepable in law here and one that does not charge rip off pric\es to ex pats.

Any ideas anyone.

And please, Marian, e mail me a template too!.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
30/11/2009 19:38

Hi MarieB, Marian will not reply here you would need to contact her at the address given in message 15 above.



Roger and MarieB, check your emails.



Cooper

gwendoline


Joined: 08/06/2009
Posts: 13

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 14:53

Any idea where on the HBPG this elusive 'will template' is or has it been removed?

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 15:05

Read msg 15, seek and ye shall find, ask and ye shall be given........

WAZ-24-7



Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 695

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 15:14

Registering a will is indeed very simple, as are most registrations in TRNC. A few stamps and a visit to the Court House in Girne.

Beware of advocates charging extortionate fees for simple works that most are simply ignorrent of.



It is the less informed, frightened and unadventorous ex-pats that play into the hands of advocates who often have little duty of care or accountability to clients. The system in TRNC is simply not like going to a UK solicitor.

Again beware! " seek and thoust will find"

Rottolover



Joined: 21/06/2009
Posts: 519

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 16:57

My lawyer charges 100GBP, and I was going to get her to do it, but the mention of executor has taken my eye.



Can someone please inform me exactly who is/are qualified in TRNC to be executors?

sporty


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 685

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 17:02

I've got to do this yet aswell,however i'm not happy paying an advocate a lot of money to be an executor,mind you i'll be dead so i'm not gonna get too upset i suppose,however i wont my kids having a big chunk out of their inheritance being taken out either!any ideas?

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 17:25

If you are going to email Marian please bear this in mind - http://www.hbpg-trnc.net/documents/mailnotice.html



Cooper

daisythedog


Joined: 17/07/2009
Posts: 73

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 21:12

will be following above advice to make my own new will. As our lawyer was the executor it just cost me £3000 to get probate on my late husband's will (house valued at £90,000 and small amount in bank account.) If a lawyer is executor they can charge up to 6% of estate value as fee for doing the probate. remember your cash in TRNC bank is taken in to account as well as property.

executor doesn't have to a lawyer but should be someone who is resident here, not someone in UK.

hope this info helps.

WAZ-24-7



Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 695

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 21:40

The executor of the will is, as in the UK, the person or body that oversee the instructions of the deceased.

This may be a family member or other. It is only necessary to rely upon legal assistance if there is claim,contest or other issues. Be aware as ever legal eagles will always be the first and best fed.

The Court will use the filed will as the precedent. Make sure that your will is registred in the TRNC Court and if necessary file a copy with your advocate or even UK solicitor with the TRNC reference clearly shown.



There really is no need to complicate the deed though many advocates will advise otherwise.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
03/01/2010 21:45

You can now download a free, blank "standard will" here: http://is.gd/5ILD3 (look for and then click "Wills"). More instructions on the web page.