The shop on Green Lanes, the flat above it, a house in Winchmore Hill and a plot of land outside Larnaca that nobody has visited for years: an Enfield estate is often spread across two countries and three generations, and a will written for England alone may not deal with any of it properly. Cyprus and Turkey both have forced heirship rules that reserve part of an estate for the children regardless of what a will says, so a will solicitor in Enfield will usually advise either a separate will in each country or a single one drafted with both systems in mind.
The borough's older suburbs, Grange Park, Bush Hill Park, Oakwood and Southgate, hold a large retired population, and their needs are the standard ones: a will that is valid and unambiguous, lasting powers of attorney for finance and for health, and advice on care fees and on whether a trust makes sense. Family businesses raise the question of succession, and the business property relief that keeps a going concern out of inheritance tax depends on how the business is structured. Unmarried partners, including couples who only ever had a religious ceremony, inherit nothing under the intestacy rules without a will.
Probate in Enfield means obtaining the grant, settling tax with HMRC, selling or transferring the house and distributing the rest, and the executor is personally answerable for errors. Disputes between siblings, often about who looked after the parent and who was left the house, go to court if they cannot be mediated.
Wills and lasting powers of attorney are nearly always fixed-fee; probate may be fixed, hourly or a percentage of the estate, so compare quotes.
The wills and probate firms serving Enfield appear below, verified firms first and then by distance. Read wills, trusts and probate explained, how much a will costs, what probate costs and what a lasting power of attorney does, or the general will solicitors guide.
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