Wills & Probate
Where to Keep Your Will and Who Should Know
The original signed will is what probate needs. Where to keep it, what the Wills Registry does and does not do, and…
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Wills, probate, letters of administration, LPAs and deputyship in Singapore.
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How to Revoke a Will in Singapore
The recognised ways a will is revoked in Singapore, the marriage trap that catches almost everyone, and why divorce changes nothing on…
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Codicil or New Will: How to Change Your Will
A codicil is not an informal note. It needs the same two witnesses as a will, and in most cases a fresh…
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Dying With No Will and No Relatives
Partners, friends, stepchildren and charities inherit nothing without a will. Where there is nobody in the statutory classes, the estate passes to…
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Small Estates and the Public Trustee
A cheaper, simpler alternative to a full grant for modest estates, and the office most families first meet when CPF savings were…
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Missing or Untraceable Beneficiaries in an Estate
An estranged sibling or a relative overseas can stall an estate for years. The tracing steps to take, and why you must…
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When an Estate Has More Debts Than Assets
Beneficiaries do not inherit debts. But an executor who pays out before settling creditors can end up personally liable, which makes the…
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Trust or Will: Which Do You Actually Need?
The honest comparison: what each one does, what each one costs you, and the handful of situations where a trust genuinely earns…
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Is a Will Made Overseas Valid in Singapore?
When a will made abroad works for Singapore assets, how it is proved here, and why a separate Singapore will is usually…
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Is There Estate Duty or Inheritance Tax in Singapore?
Singapore abolished estate duty in 2008, so there is no inheritance tax. What that does and does not mean for your estate…