Anne is single and has no children. She lives in Geneva. Her main goals: Support a foundation, protect her animals, and pass on her inheritance to a close friend.
Writing a will is an important act with legal consequences. We provide you with several will templates in order to give you concrete examples of legally valid holographic wills.
Compare the main types of wills and identify the one that best suits your family and financial situation.
We provide you with several models of wills in order to give you concrete examples of legally valid holographic wills.
You take your time to complete the 10 steps of the will generator. Our experts are available at each step through explanatory videos or legal consultations.
Once completed by you, the will is validated by a Swiss legal professional.
Once you receive the validated will, you will need to copy it by hand and return it to us by mail.
We also offer to keep your will with a law firm and to register it in the Swiss Register of Wills.
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Un Types of will is a legal document in which a person (the testator) expresses his last wishes concerning the distribution of his property after his death. It may be holographic or public. The public will is drawn up by a notary.
A holographic will is written entirely by hand by the testator. It must be dated and signed to be valid (art. 505 of the Swiss Civil Code). This type of will is the simplest to make.
The authentic will is drawn up before a notary and two witnesses (art. 499 CC). It guarantees compliance with legal requirements and limits the risks of dispute. It is often used in the case of a complex succession or to avoid any ambiguity in the interpretation of the testator's wishes.
The inheritance pact is a contract signed between the testator and one or more beneficiaries. He must be notarized and signed in the presence of two witnesses (art. 512 CC). Unlike a will, it cannot be modified unilaterally. It is often used to organize the transfer of a business or to guarantee certain rights to heirs in exchange for partial or total renunciations of the succession.
For write your will, you must follow certain rules:
No, in Switzerland it is not possible to establish a notarized will online. The authentic will must be signed in front of a notary and witnesses. However, it is possible to prepare the drafting of the will online before finalizing it with a notary.
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