Your will questionnaire

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We’ll start with a few short eligibility checks, then guide you through ten steps. You can go back at any point, and you’ll review everything before you pay. Please use full legal names throughout.

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First, a few eligibility checks

These questions confirm that WillWay’s standard service is right for you. If it isn’t, we’ll explain why and suggest where to go instead.

Before you start

WillWay is not a law firm. We are not solicitors, we are not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and we don’t give legal advice. Our service helps you prepare your own will from your own instructions, and you are responsible for the choices you make. If you’re unsure about anything, speak to a solicitor.

WillWay is the trading name of Wellevia Limited (company number 16553905), which looks after your answers. Unless you choose to keep them on this device, your answers stay in this browser tab only while you work. When you continue to payment, they’re attached to your order so your will can be produced, and they’re cleared from this device once your order is placed. We also ask your browser not to remember the details of the people you name. Read our privacy policy.

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Legal requirements

Are you aged 18 or over?* (Required) Why we ask In England and Wales, you generally need to be 18 or over to make a will.

Yes No

Do you understand what a will does, what you own, and who would benefit from your will?* (Required) Why we ask To make a will, you need to understand what a will is, roughly what you own, and who might expect to benefit. If there’s any doubt, a solicitor can help.

Yes No

Are you making this will of your own free will, without pressure or influence from anyone else?* (Required) Why we ask Your will must reflect your own wishes. A will made under pressure from someone else may not be valid.

Yes No

Do you want this to be your only will, replacing any wills you have made before?* (Required) Why we ask A new will made through WillWay is designed to replace any earlier wills, so we need to know that’s what you want.

Yes No

Where you live and what you own

Do you live in England or Wales, with no assets outside the UK?* (Required) Why we ask WillWay only supports wills made under the law of England and Wales. Other parts of the UK have different rules.

Yes No

Are your assets straightforward, with no business, farm or private company shares?* (Required) Why we ask Business interests, farms and property abroad often need specialist planning that our standard service doesn’t cover.

Yes No

Keeping things straightforward

Apart from holding a beneficiary’s share until they reach the age you choose (18, 21 or 25), do you want a simple will with no other trusts and no beneficiary who lacks mental capacity?* (Required) Why we ask Ongoing trusts and provision for someone who can’t manage their own affairs need tailored wording and advice.

Yes No

Is it unlikely that anyone will bring a legal claim against your estate?* (Required) Why we ask Some people can ask a court to change how an estate is shared. If a claim seems likely, tailored advice is the safer route.

Yes No

Apart from your own children under 18, is anyone financially dependent on you, or could anyone reasonably expect to receive something from your estate?* (Required)

Don’t count your own children under 18 here. We ask about them later. Do count, for example, a partner you live with but aren’t married to, an adult child, a stepchild, a former spouse, or anyone else you support financially.

Yes No Unsure

Your family circumstances

Are you planning to marry or enter a civil partnership?* (Required) Why we ask Marriage or civil partnership usually cancels an existing will, so a will made beforehand needs special wording.

Yes No

Are you going through a divorce, dissolution or separation?* (Required) Why we ask An ongoing divorce, dissolution or separation can affect who may inherit or claim against your estate.

Yes No Unsure

Do you have parental responsibility for each of your children under 18?* (Required)

Parental responsibility means the legal rights and duties of a parent. Birth mothers have it automatically; fathers and second parents usually do if they were married to the mother or are named on the birth certificate.

Yes No Unsure No children under 18

Does anyone else have parental responsibility for any of your children under 18?* (Required)

For example, the children’s other parent.

Yes No Unsure No children under 18

Is there a court order or other arrangement affecting who your children live with, or who has parental responsibility?* (Required) Why we ask Court orders about where children live or who has parental responsibility can affect guardianship, so they need individual advice.

Yes No Unsure No children under 18

Why

What we suggest

WillWay isn’t suitable for these circumstances. You should seek advice from a suitably qualified private-client solicitor.

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Your details

Tell us who you are. Use your full legal name, as it appears on official documents.

Your email address* (Required) Why we ask We use this to send your order confirmation and your finished will, and to contact you if anything in your answers is missing or unclear.

First name* (Required) Why we ask Your will should use your full legal name, as on your passport or birth certificate, so there’s no doubt about whose will it is.

Middle name(s)(Optional)

Last name* (Required)

Full name on your will:

Date of birth* (Required) Why we ask Your date of birth helps identify you and confirms you’re old enough to make a will.

Your address Why we ask Your will records your address to help identify you.

Address line 1* (Required)

Address line 2(Optional)

Town or city* (Required)

County(Optional)

Postcode* (Required)

Marital status

Your relationship status affects how your will is prepared.

What is your marital status?* (Required) Why we ask Marriage and civil partnership can affect a will and who may have a claim on your estate, so we use this to check your instructions make sense.

Single Married Civil partnership Divorced Widowed

Your spouse or civil partner

First name* (Required) Why we ask If your spouse or civil partner is named anywhere in your will, their full name makes sure they’re clearly identified.

Middle name(s)(Optional)

Last name* (Required)

Full name on your will:

Have you previously been married or in a civil partnership?* (Required) Why we ask A former spouse or civil partner can sometimes have a claim on an estate, so this helps us check your instructions are complete.

Yes No

Children

Include all of your children, including any who are adopted.

Do you have any children?* (Required) Why we ask Your children may be affected by your will, and if any are under 18 you may want to choose guardians for them.

Yes No

Executors

Executors are the people who deal with your estate after you die: they collect what you own, pay any debts and pass everything on as your will says. You must appoint at least one, and you can appoint up to four.

You’ve added the maximum of four executors.

If an executor dies before you, or can’t act

Any of your other executors can still deal with your estate. If you name replacement executors below, they step in when one of your executors can’t or won’t act.

If none of your executors or replacements is able to act, your will still applies. Someone else, usually a person who inherits under your will, can apply to the probate service to deal with your estate instead. If one of your executors dies, it’s a good idea to review your will.

If one of your executors can’t or won’t act, do you want to name someone to replace them?* (Required) Why we ask If one of your executors can’t or won’t act, for example because they’ve died, a replacement means someone you chose can step in.

Yes No

Guardians

Because at least one of your children is under 18, you can name a guardian to look after them if both parents, or everyone with parental responsibility, have died.

Do you want to appoint a guardian for any child under 18?* (Required) Why we ask A guardian looks after a child under 18 if no one with parental responsibility for them survives you.

Yes No

A guardian is someone who would look after a child under 18 if both parents, or everyone with parental responsibility, have died. Appointing a guardian doesn’t override anyone else’s parental responsibility or any court order about the child.

Specific gifts

A specific gift is a fixed sum of money or a particular personal item left to one person, or a gift to a charity. Anything you don’t list here passes under the rest of your estate in the next step.

Do you wish to leave any specific gifts?* (Required)

Yes No

What you can leave here

A fixed sum of money in pounds, such as £1,000
A particular personal item you own outright, in your own name only, such as a ring, a watch, a painting or a car
Gifts to a named person aged 18 or over, or a fixed sum of money to a charity

What you can’t leave here

Your home, or any other land or buildings
A particular bank or savings account, ISA, shares or investments
Pensions or life insurance, which are often paid out separately from your will
A business, or a share in a business
Anything you own jointly, or that’s on finance, a loan or hire purchase
Anything kept outside the UK
Digital assets or cryptocurrency
Pets or other animals
A percentage or share of your estate
Gifts with conditions, such as “if she marries” or “when he turns 30”
Gifts to anyone under 18

Things you own that aren’t listed as gifts usually pass under the rest of your estate. If you want to leave something on this list to a particular person, please speak to a solicitor.

Beneficiaries

Your residuary estate is everything you own when you die after your debts, funeral and administration costs and any specific gifts have been dealt with. Choose who should receive it and the percentage share each should get. Shares must add up to 100%.

Fallback beneficiaries

Your fallback beneficiaries inherit the residuary estate only if none of the people above, or their replacements, can inherit it, for example because they have all died before you. Name who should inherit, and the share each should receive. Shares must add up to 100%.

If a fallback beneficiary dies before you

Their share is divided between your surviving fallback beneficiaries. If none of them survives you, the rules of intestacy may apply to that part of your estate.

I understand how a fallback beneficiary’s share is dealt with if they die before me.

Funeral wishes

You can include wishes about your funeral if you’d like to. This step is optional.

Funeral wishes are not legally binding. Your executors and family should treat them as guidance rather than instructions.

Do you wish to include funeral wishes?* (Required)

Yes No

Your funeral wishes(Optional)

For example, burial or cremation, a place, music or readings. We keep your wording exactly as you type it. Only include personal details, such as religious beliefs, that you’re comfortable sharing.

Additional information

Anything you’d like to bring to WillWay’s attention. This is for administrative review only and is not automatically included in your will. Please don’t include health information or other sensitive details unless it’s essential. This step is optional.

Information for WillWay(Optional)

Review your answers

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Your answers

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The information I have supplied is accurate and complete. I understand that this product is intended only for straightforward wills within WillWay’s stated eligibility criteria. I understand that WillWay is an unregulated will-preparation service and does not provide legal advice. I understand that WillWay is not a law firm, that WillWay’s staff are not solicitors, and that I am not receiving legal advice. I am preparing my own will and I am responsible for my instructions. I accept the Terms of service and have read the Privacy policy.

Write your will

First, a few eligibility checks

Before you start

Legal requirements

Where you live and what you own

Keeping things straightforward

Your family circumstances

Your details

Marital status

Children

Child

Executors

Executor

If an executor dies before you, or can’t act

Replacement executor

Guardians

Guardian

Specific gifts

What you can leave here

What you can’t leave here

Gift

Who should receive this gift?

Alternative recipient

Beneficiaries

Beneficiary

Trustee

Second trustee

Trustee

Second trustee

Replacement beneficiary

Trustee

Second trustee

Fallback beneficiaries

Fallback beneficiary

Trustee

Second trustee

Trustee

Second trustee

If a fallback beneficiary dies before you

Funeral wishes

Additional information

Review your answers

Your answers