I’ve written my Will and my solicitor has now given me the opportunity to register it via certainty the Uk’s Will Register which records the location of your will. I didn’t even realise it was necessary to register a will but when I looked into it I can’t believe how many wills actually go missing and are assumed lost. If this happens your estate would be treated as if you had never written a Will.

Not wanting this to happen to the people who I love and care about, I can really see now how important it is not only to write a will but to register a will too. If you write your will when you and your children are still relatively young, by the time they’ve grown up they may not even be aware of who your solicitor was. Even if they did know the name of your solicitor who even knows if the solicitor will still be there in 20, 30 years time and couple that with a house move or two and your children probably not even living in the same town or country as you, the location of your will is not really a certainty until you choose to register a will.

In light of this I think I’ll take the final step and register. After all I’ve gone to the trouble of actually writing my Will so it makes sense to take this final step.

Be Safe and use Certainty to register a will on the UK’s National Will Register.

Although I’ve written my Will and it’s currently stored at my Solicitors office, I’m fully aware of the implications if my children were unaware of its location and could not find my Will. Over the years there’s a possibility for instance that the Solicitor could move away or even close offices leaving my children clueless to the fact that I’ve even written a Will.

Knowing that a large amount of Wills are lost, stolen or presumed never written, I’ve decided to register my Will so when the time comes it can easily be found. Thousands of next of kin apparently have difficulty locating loved ones Wills so although not compulsory to register a Will, it is certainly a good idea.

I’ve taken the time to write a Will so it makes perfect sense that I take this extra simple step which is equally as important as writing a Will. My solicitor is a member of the UK’s Will Register Certainty so they registered my Will for me with them. I was worried at first that the actual details of the Will would be stored online but this is not the case. Only the location of the Will is recorded. Apparently if a member of the public wants to register, it takes just 60 seconds to register a Will so there’s really no excuse for not taking this final step.

Be Safe and use Certainty to register a will on the UK’s National Will Register.