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By the team at randallteo.sg

What was keeping her up at night
"Dad was a good man. He worked hard his whole life. He just never got around to writing a Will. He kept saying he would do it next year. There were four years of next years. When he passed, we thought it would be straightforward because we are a close family. It was not."
What we found when we looked properly

Grace's father had passed without a Will. Under the Intestate Succession Act, his estate was split between his wife and his three children in fixed proportions. The matrimonial flat, held under tenancy in common, could not simply transfer to the mother. Probate was required. One sibling lived overseas and could not easily sign documents. A small business account was frozen. The process took fourteen months.

What we did

By the time Grace came to us, the estate was mostly settled. She came not for her father's estate but for her own. She did not want her children to go through what she had just been through. We helped her put a Will, LPA and updated CPF nomination in place in a single session.

Where she is now

Grace's documents are done. She told us that sitting in our office felt like the first useful thing she had done since her father passed. She has since brought her two siblings in to do theirs.

The families who go through estate administration without a Will never forget it. And they almost always become the ones who make sure their own children never have to.

Your situation

If you have been putting off writing a Will, this is probably a good moment to act.

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