A woman has won the right to inherit her father’s estate after a “DIY Will” supposedly signed on his deathbed was ruled invalid. Rebecca Armstrong report on this recent case. Terri Tibbles had been the sole beneficiary of a Will her father William wrote a year before he died. In a letter of wishes attached to that Will, Mr Tibbles said that Terri’s twin, Kelly, and his other daughters, Susan…

Applying for the legal right to deal with someone’s property, money and possessions (their ‘estate’) when they die is called ‘applying for probate’.

Probate is a legal document you need to get before you can deal with the estate of someone who has died.

Generally speaking you will need a grant even for small estates.

Yes, but only after the maker of the Will has died.