Martyn Prowel Gartsides Solicitors offer professional and compassionate legal advice on specialist subjects like writing a will, applying for a grant of probate, setting up a lasting power of attorney and creating a trust. Our extensive experience in this discipline has allowed us to provide clients with a tailored approach to Wills and Probate legal matters across Newport.
Wills and Probate services
We offer a range of legal support and guidance to our clients across Newport. Before commencing with our services, we’ll take the time to understand our clients and their needs within an initial consultation. This will give you the oppurtunity to agree that we’re the right solicitor for you.
We offer the following services. Contact Martyn Prowel Gartsides Solicitors today to get started.
- Will Writing
A written will is a legal document that determines your final wishes for your belongings and assets after death. The culmination of all you own is known as your ‘estate.’ The will states which of your beneficiaries are entitled to what proportions of your estate. Without a will, there is uncertainty around who should inherit your possessions. Therefore, writing a will as early as possible and continually updating the document will ensure that your best wishes are fulfilled following your eventual death.
To write a legally valid will, plenty of individuals find it beneficial to work alongside a solicitor. If there are any errors within the document or your personal circumstances are more complicated, we offer specialist advice to make the process straightforward. A solicitor will help you to work through these issues to ensure your will clearly indicates your final wishes. Our services are also required to witness the signing of the will to ensure this becomes a legally binding document.
- Lasting Power of Attorney
Following a loss of mental capacity, an individual is no longer legally considered able to make decisions in their best interest. This can occur as a result of injury or progressive disease. In many cases of dementia or chronic illness, an individual can arrange a lasting power of attorney to place authority in the hands of a trusted individual to make decisions on their behalf. These decisions will relate to healthcare and financial decisions that require knowledge of the individual and their wishes.
Applying for a lasting power of attorney requires a complex application that can be made simpler with the services of a qualified solicitor. By instructing our services, we will help ensure that your medical, financial and additional wishes are clear to your future attorney. We’ll then submit this form to the Office of the Public Guardian to ensure the document becomes legally binding.
- Trust Administration
Legal arrangements that are made for the management of your assets are known as a trust. This ensures that money, properties, shares and other assets are passed onto a beneficiary correctly in the event of incapacitation, death, or dying without a will. Various types of trusts release assets to different beneficiaries under multiple circumstances. Setting up the right type of trust is essential for fulfilling your wishes.
Working with one of our Newport solicitors is the most effective way to set up a legally valid trust. Your solicitor will guide you through the distribution of assets and ensure that you are aware of who the trustee and beneficiary are and when the trust becomes active. If you have any questions or concerns throughout the process, your solicitor will be on hand to handle all queries. We aim to provide complete confidence that your finances and belongings are being taken care of in the way you desire.