How to Write a Will?

Every person (not being a soldier employed in a war expedition or engaged in warfare, or an airman so employed or engaged, or a marine at sea) shall execute his will accordingly. There is no fixed format for a will. You don’t even need a lawyer to draft it. Just write your will on plain paper or even a leaf from your journal.

A person (Hindu by birth) cannot give his ancestors’ property in the form of a will; he can make a will only of his selfacquired property. In contrast, a Hindu woman has absolute ownership of all earned as well as inherited property. She can write a will for her entire property (Hindu Succession [Amendment] Act, 2005). A will does not involve any transfer but it is an expression of intending to appoint a person who will look after the properties after his (testator) death. A will regulates the succession and provides for succession as declared by the testator.

There is no fixed format for a will. You don’t even need a lawyer to draft it. Just write your will on plain paper or even a leaf from your journal.