How to write a Will online

A Comprehensive Guide To Writing A Will Online.

A real, legally valid Will, written online in plain English. Most people finish in about 20 minutes, on any device, from the comfort of home.

Start your Will What you’ll need

Why people choose Willed

A calmer way to get it done.

  • About 20 minutes

    Plain-English questions, written for non-lawyers. Pause and resume on any device.

  • Legally valid Australia-wide

    Drafted to comply with the laws of every Australian state and territory.

  • Lawyer reviewed

    Our in-house legal team will check your Will on request, at no extra cost.

  • Help from real people

    Phone and chat support from the team that built it, when you need a question answered.

Why write one

The most useful 20 minutes of your year.

Writing your Will is an important part of planning for your future. Not only does it allow you to express your final wishes clearly, but it also helps your family and loved ones to reduce the emotional and administrative stress should you pass away unexpectedly.

Traditionally, writing your Will has involved an expensive and time-consuming visit to the lawyers, where they charge you by the hour. But through new digital platforms such as Willed, writing your Will is cost-effective and straightforward - you can even write it from the comfort of your couch in the time it takes to make dinner!

Before you start

A few quick prerequisites.

A Will written with Willed is for Australian residents. Three quick things to check before you begin.

There are a number of prerequisites to write a Will online.

  1. You must live in Australia
  2. You must be over the age of 18.
  3. You must have a residential address in Australia.

Firstly, the Willed platform will ask you about your current status.

Are you married, de facto or single?

Family and pets

Care for the people, and creatures, you love.

Children

If you have children or dependants, the next step is to ensure they will be cared for by appointing a legal guardian. This could be a family member or trusted person of the family who will have the ability to take on the role of a guardian in your absence. You can also allocate or 'gift' part of your estate to cover any costs related to raising or caring for the children to their guardians.

Within the Willed platform, you can also divide your estate and gift any specific assets or heirlooms to your children.

We recommend dividing your entire estate by percentage (instead of gifting items such as shares or property) to your children, as the value of these assets can dramatically change over time or may not exist when you pass away.

Pets

At Willed, we know that our furry friends or fur-children are just as important, and their futures after you pass need to be legally valid and protected. Under Australian estate planning law, pets are classified as assets and therefore cannot be named as a beneficiary in your Will. However, you can ensure that they are looked after by ‘gifting’ them to an individual or organisation, in your Will, who can then look after them.

You can dictate a number of things that can happen to your pets, such as 'gifting' them to a family member, transferring ownership to a close friend, transferring ownership to a charity, or having them relocated in any other sense.

Executors

Choose someone you trust.

This is arguably one of the most important steps when creating a legally valid Will.

An executor is a person, or professional service provider, appointed under the Will to administer your estate after your death. Basically, an executor is responsible for collecting and protecting estate assets, paying estate liabilities and distributing the assets of the estate to the beneficiaries (i.e. partners or children) in accordance with the Will.

How you do it

Three quiet steps.

  1. Answer the questions.

    Plain language, no legal jargon. Most people finish in about 20 minutes. Your progress saves as you go.

  2. Print your Will at home.

    Download the PDF and print it on plain paper. Each page is laid out exactly as the law expects it.

  3. Sign with two witnesses.

    Follow the witnessing instructions we send. Two adult witnesses, signed in the same room, and your Will is legally valid.

Special offer

A small thank-you for reading this far.

To help you along the way, here is a 10% discount code. Use it when you start your online Will with Willed. If you have a partner, the second Will is half price.

Promo code GUIDECOMPLETE10

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