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Before Grant of Probate is issued, only those named as Executors can read the Will. After the Grant of Probate is issued, the Will becomes a public document.

A discretionary trust is when money or other assets are held in a trust and your trustees decide which people become beneficiaries and when.

The only way to remove parental responsibility is through an application to the court and these applications are only successful in exceptional circumstances.

The fact that you had Power of Attorney during someone’s lifetime doesn’t have any bearing on whether or not Probate is needed after their death.

The inquest of a loved one can be daunting. So you know what to expect, we've broken the inquest process down into three stages

On average in England and Wales it takes between 9 and 12 months to get Grant of Probate and to complete the estate administration process.

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