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Well in my opinion a solicitor shouldnt take money for a will from a 90 yr old person without questioning their state of mind at the time! If a will is taken surely the solictor should be confident of the state of mind of their client and then if subsequently requested to provide an affidavit I find it strange that they first refuse and then decide (after being contacted by Probate office) to agree but charge a fee. I think the whole issue of taking a will (especially from an elderly person) is crazy as it stands. The solicitor is only too happy to accept the fee for the will but has no medical history of the person making it!
A solicitor normally charges €10 per signature.
Rubbish.
That is for witnessing someone's signature. Not for dragging out an ancient file, preparing and drafting an Affidavit of Mental Capacity, swearing it and furnishing it.
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You are misrepresenting me. I said if you phone around you will clearly see that a solicitor will charge €10 per signature.
If you read the OP correctly you will see that the solicitor wasn't asked to submit a medical affidavit. He was asked to swear that at the time in his opinion the person making the will was of sound mind.
The solicitor should have done the affidavit at the time the will was arranged. I'm sure he charged a nice fee for doing up the will so he should not charge anymore in my opinion.
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