Will, but no executor

[J.James]

Hi everyone

I need to get my own will done. It's not something I'm confident about doing.

I have a problem. I have no close relatives, two nephews & a niece. That's all & I don't trust any of them. They caused no end of trouble when I had to sort out my Mothers small estate a couple of years back.

My small estate will consist of cash (50k) & furnishings, I don't own any property. I want to leave it all to charity. I don't think this will sit well with anyone.

I'm not sure what my options are. Will a solicitor even let me do a will without an executor? Would I need a solicitor to be an executor?

If I don't name an executor on my will, will one of my nephews/niece get an option without my consent to become an executor? If they do, I don't think my Will would be carried out, more likely, it won't be found.

 

[J.James]

Okay, thank you. I'll go the solicitor route and be wary of the costs they might end up charging. I don't think my estate is complicated but I've been told things like additional bank accounts which would need closing can impact a solicitors costs due to the time they will need to spend getting it closed down?
I will do some more research.