Legal Aspects of the RTE programme "The Family Silver"

csirl said:

But it significantly reduces the chances as it is not possible to have a dispute over the validity of a will or over the division of the estate (which follows the rules enshrined in primary legislation).

Why complicate things when you dont have to? I've never seen a convincing argument for having a will where the persons intention is to follow basic inheritance laws.

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Having experienced (and continuing to experience) what happens when someone dies intestate I couldn't disagree more.

Probate itself can take ages, nevermind adding in the delay to search for a will you know doesn't exist but which you must still search for anyway.

Being able to take out the grant speedily can be of huge importance if (for example) the deceased was engaged in legal action you wish or need to continue. Lots of less obvious reasons for having a will exist.

A legal question on the programme. According to the narrator, the deceased provided for Paddy in both her wills, but he was abandoned to a miserable death - the victim of it all! Surely the executor was bound to look after him as requested by the deceased?