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WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING

UK will-writing software for single and mirror wills.

Prepare your will instructions online for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. Record beneficiaries, executors, children, guardianship and proposed trusts; review your answers and download testamentary documents with an accompanying legal checking schedule. For professional document preparation only. The documents include defined testamentary clauses and a statutory checking schedule for the applicable jurisdiction.

The testators’ answers remain in this tab until an encrypted backup is downloaded. Keep your file and passphrase safe.

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Clarity before commitment.

Creating a document and making a legally valid will are different steps. The application generates testamentary documents from the instructions entered. It does not certify testamentary capacity, eliminate family claims or confirm that a will has been lawfully executed.

HOW THE TOOL WORKS

Will-writing software explained

Fenton Marsh Make a Will is a UK-focused online preparation tool. You can record instructions for a single will or for two separate mirror wills, identify people who should administer your estate, nominate guardians, and note beneficiaries and possible trust arrangements. The tool produces previews and downloadable testamentary documents. It cannot establish testamentary capacity, assess every family claim or replace the legal review needed for a will suitable for execution.

Frequently asked questions

Can software create a legally valid will?

Software can prepare wording and supporting documents, but validity depends on the applicable legal rules, the person's circumstances, and proper signing and witnessing. The documents produced here are testamentary documents for professional review, not guaranteed valid wills.

Are mirror wills the same as a joint will?

No. The questionnaire prepares two distinct sets of instructions, one for each testator. Mirror wills often use similar gifts but must be reviewed and executed separately, and one person can ordinarily change their will later.

Can I include children, guardians and trusts?

The software records proposed guardian and trustee appointments and can produce illustrative trust clauses and schedules. Trusts for minors, vulnerable beneficiaries, property and inheritance-tax planning require careful, jurisdiction-specific review.

Does the website keep my will instructions?

The current tool processes questionnaire answers in your browser. To continue later, download a password-encrypted draft file and reload it on a future visit. The hosting provider may still retain ordinary technical access logs; see our privacy explanation.

See the official GOV.UK guidance on making a will, mygov.scot guidance and nidirect guidance for the different legal systems.

Encrypted draft backup

Only you know the passphrase used to protect this backup.

Instructions recorded so far

Read back the recorded instructions for each named testator at any stage. This is an instruction summary, not a completed will. You can go back and edit sections already reached.