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📜 Wills & Probate — Official Resources

What Happens If Someone Dies Without a Will?

Find accurate, official guidance on wills, probate and inheritance from GOV.UK and Citizens Advice.

Wills, Probate & Inheritance Rights — Contesting & Disputes

If someone dies without a valid will (intestate), the estate is distributed under the Rules of Intestacy — prioritising spouses, civil partners and children. Unmarried partners have no automatic right to inherit, regardless of how long they lived together.

Probate is required to administer most estates. You can apply for a Grant of Probate online if you are named executor. The cost is £273 for estates over £5,000. Wills can be contested on grounds of lack of capacity, undue influence or improper execution.

Key areas covered: intestacy rules, probate, contesting a will, executor duties, inheritance disputes, Grant of Probate. Verified against GOV.UK.

What happens if someone dies without a will

Intestacy rules set out a fixed order of who inherits — typically a spouse or civil partner first, followed by children — regardless of what the deceased may have actually wanted, which is exactly why having a valid will matters so much.

Applying for probate or letters of administration

Where there's a valid will, an executor applies for a Grant of Probate; without one, the next of kin applies for Letters of Administration instead — both give legal authority to administer the estate, collect assets, and distribute them correctly.

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When to Seek Further Help

Our guidance covers many common situations, but complex or high-stakes cases need professional advice. Official information: GOV.UK (England), GOV.WALES (Wales), mygov.scot (Scotland) and nidirect (Northern Ireland). For free help, contact Citizens Advice (England 0800 144 8848, Wales 0800 702 2020), Citizens Advice Scotland (0800 028 1456) or Advice NI (0800 915 4604), or speak to a solicitor.

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Guidance for Wills, Probate & Inheritance

For Wills, Probate & Inheritance queries, we direct you to official sources. This is a specialist area requiring precise, verified guidance.

The links below take you to accurate, up-to-date official information.

🔗GOV.UK — Applying for Probate→ 🔗GOV.UK — Inheritance Tax→ 🔗Citizens Advice — Wills & Probate→ 🔗Law Society — Find a Solicitor→

Need free advice? Citizens Advice — citizensadvice.org.uk or call 0800 144 8848 (free).

Need a solicitor? Law Society — Find a Solicitor.

📖 Want the full picture? Read our guide: Wills, Power of Attorney & Later Life

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