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Does anyone have the template for a will here in Cyprus, if so would they be able to email it to me please.

Happy to help, but email address?

Email sent.

tomsteel could you email me the template too please

Me too please Tom, flowerfairy68@hotmail.com
Also, can anyone clarify that if you have lodged a will with an avocate, they are entitled to
take a percentage of your estate?
I've heard some horrifying stories, of course most of them could be ''Cyprus whispers??

Thank you Tom,

peri - email address needed.

tomsteel wrote:Email sent.

Thank you very much for your help.

FF have a look here, http://citizens-advice-cyprus.com/wills.php there is an "option" to give the executors a "share" of the estate, I am sure this has been been abused.

Just for info, when we did our Wills a few years back, I was told that only a lawyer could be executor, so of course we did it through the lawyer. £100 each for a computer print out! When I asked how much to be executor I was told £1000. Of course that was not written down anywhere, so by the time we snuff it , it could be far more. And all that was to handle was the house! Ouch!

So do ask any lawyer before you go to them as to what it will cost.

If the law has changed and anyone can be executor, then please tell us, as I am thinking of re-doing our will anyway.

Went to a talk at the mountain View Hotel yesterday, given by Chris Arif, a Paralegal who is one of the Directors at 'Citizens Advice Cyprus' - very illuminating! It appears that if you appoint a solicitor to be your Executor, some insert a clause that gives them a 'percentage' of the Estate. The percentage is not stipulated and can be a significant portion of the Estate! As you have signed and had the Will witnessed, it is quite legal.

The 'Citizens Advice Cyprus' office is on the Bellapais Road - go up towards Bellapais, turn right at the roundabout (just past Cheshire Homes) and the office is a few hundred yards up the road on the right. Well worth a visit to get the true facts about various issues. It is recommended that you make an appointment first (free, but you can make a donation, or sign up for a year for £50 and all help is free during that year).

Tel: 0392 815 0733, email: chris@citizensadvicecyprus.com

Hope this helps.

Received. Thank you tomsteel

I recall a couple of years ago that to make and lodge your own will you had to go to the Post office and buy some stamps and then lodge in some building behind the hospital and you could only do this on a Tuesday or Thursday I know this is a bit vague but could anybody tell me if this is still possible and what are the costs and where exactly do you have to lodge the will

Thanks

naas 26

could you please e-mail me a copy too roger.bren@live.com
Thanks

done

Thank you very much Tom.
Brend

A solicitor is not required to make a will here. That being said if your estate is likely to be complicated, legal advise might be worth seeking. Having used your template and make sure that all is just as you want it, then you simply "lodge" the will with the court next to the post office in Girne. You need to take stamps with you and two witnesses and the clerk to the court, very nice lady, will put your will in an official envelope and issue you with a receipt. You will of course have probably made photocopies for your own information. I think as someone stated before that only certain times and days are given to this activity, so call in and ask. It is the door slightly to the right of centre when facing the front of the court building.

We certainly did not take our two witnesses with us when we registered two wills at Girne Court. Our advocate was with us. We went up the stairs to the balcony turned right along a short passage and it was the last door on the left. Very helpful Registrar with excellent English and a good sense of humour. Cost of stamps has gone up I suspect, so anybody registering wills will need to ascertain current cost of stamp and registration plus days and timings of opening of this office. Probably the easiest, in terms of process and execution, of any legal/Governmental dealings in the TRNC in our 5+ years here.

could you please email copy to me also. Lizhus56@gmail.com
many thanks.

can you please email me the template too lil@robnlil.co.uk

with thanks
Lil

Ref msgs 19 & 20 above. Template sent via email as requested.

Received - many thanks
Lil

Regarding lodging your own will. I went to the court last year as executor for a friend and it was necessary to make an appointment first. The executor and witnesses had to be present. We were advised of the stamps required - something like about 40TL I seem to recall - and went along to the Post Office to get them. The registrar had a look at the will and then got everybody to sign - passports/kimlik cards needed by the way. One copy of the will is put in an envelope by the registrar, sealed with wax and deposited in the court safe. A receipt is given for the will.

tomsteel, please could you email me a template as well? May as well start the ball rolling just in case. Many thanks.

Thank you.

waddo, need email address for template.

tomsteel, sorry forgot that bit - rbqpsk@gmail.com - that will get to me. Many thanks.

waddo - sent.

tomsteel, many thanks, all received.

tomsteel, you could be emailing this out to people for the rest of your life...

If you email it to me I can then remove any names (if any on the form) and post it here for members to download.

Nice one Soner

Soner, ref msg 30 above - thanks, very thoughtful of you, there are no names on the template. Email address please. Also, what news on the upgraded App for Android mobiles please? Thanks.

Hello Tom

Could you possibly send me the template too?

ann.dobson53@gmail.com

Thank you so much

Cheers

Rosie

tomsteel: info@kibkom.com

I have redeveloped App and just waiting approval from Amazon, and Google for the Android. Should be out within the week.

Rosehillgirl (surely not the area near Sutton?) - sent. Sonar - sent and thanks for the App update, looking forward to getting it.

Sorry, Soner (sp)!!!

Will Template can be downloaded from here:

tomsteel wrote:Rosehillgirl (surely not the area near Sutton?) - sent. Sonar - sent and thanks for the App update, looking forward to getting it.

Hi,Thank you so much for that-it will save us a lot of money.

No-not the area near Sutton-the one near Wallsend-Tyne and Wear. Apparently there's a Rosehill in Istanbul-Gul Tepe?

A long time ago-but I've always kept the name as I have fond memories of living there.

Cheers

Rosie

tomsteel wrote:Soner, ref msg 30 above - thanks, very thoughtful of you, there are no names on the template. Email address please. Also, what news on the upgraded App for Android mobiles please? Thanks.

So sorry Tomsteel
I only wanted the template, I didn't mean for it to become a full time job for you

But many thanks anyway, I'm sure you've helped a good many folk with this.

No problem, beauty of retirement!

Do continue to thank tomsteel.

This could have been a full-time job for the next 20 years.

Thanks tomsteel !

Thankyou for that need to do a new will and lodge at the courthouse. |Opening times are now Mon, Wed and Fri from 10am ish to 12ish. Cost is 46 tl in stamps plus another 6tl stamp from March 1st. (until then it's 42 plus 6 tl in stamps) Only a 4tl rise in cost. Popped in there last Friday fact finding.

please could you send me a template thank you yvonnebate@yahoo.com

tansycat, you can now download it direct from msg 37 attachment above. If that fails, let me know and I'll email it to you.

Marions wrote:Just for info, when we did our Wills a few years back, I was told that only a lawyer could be executor, so of course we did it through the lawyer. £100 each for a computer print out! When I asked how much to be executor I was told £1000. Of course that was not written down anywhere, so by the time we snuff it , it could be far more. And all that was to handle was the house! Ouch!

So do ask any lawyer before you go to them as to what it will cost.

If the law has changed and anyone can be executor, then please tell us, as I am thinking of re-doing our will anyway.

Any adult person can be an executor, not just advocates. That has always been the case!
It could well be wiser not to use an advocate even if the deceased person's affairs are complicated, because one can be hired to help with the winding up if the need be. You then have control. It is not that difficult to do a probate yourself, especially with help from the CAC, and you would save yourself from predatory legal costs.
It is not obligatory to lodge a will with the Registrar but it is probably sensible as the validity of the Will is checked. It would be too late, after your death, to discover that the Will was invalid.
The £eagle

Is it necessary for the Executor of the will to be present when the will is being lodged.