Exit State writes wills for England and Wales. It does not write wills for Northern Ireland, and we would rather tell you that here than after you had paid.
Succession in Northern Ireland runs on the Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994. Our document is drafted to the Wills Act 1837 as it applies in England and Wales. Those are different bodies of law, and a will drafted for one is not automatically valid in the other.
If you are domiciled in Northern Ireland, use a solicitor there.
The signing requirements are close to those in England and Wales: you must be 18 or over, and two witnesses must be present together when you sign.
The rules on who inherits when there is no will differ, and so do the fixed shares a court can order for family members.
Probate is granted by the Probate Office in Belfast under Northern Irish rules.
Our document is drafted to the Wills Act 1837 for England and Wales and is not written to that Order, so we will not tell you it is safe to use.
A Northern Irish solicitor, or the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s solicitor directory.
https://www.lawsoc-ni.org/solicitorsProbate Office Belfast
Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 3JF
Living in Belfast is not the same thing as being domiciled in Northern Ireland, and domicile is what decides which law applies to your will. If yours is England or Wales — and you are not sure, a solicitor can tell you — we can help.