Who Can See a Will Before a Death?

Most of the people asked about whom can see a will especially when there are many people connected with a specific will. Sometimes people suspect about they were named as a beneficiary but the legal process is to distribute a person's assets after the person dies. It is not like a movie, television scenario where they depict scenes about reading the will it doesn't happen in real life at all. Estate attorneys were in the habit of gathering the family in their offices to read the will out loud in days gone by because not all people were literate.

They might not be able to read the will on their own. State rules vary and not every state requires a will reading. It is the responsibility of the Estate planning attorney to determine who is entitled to receive the copy of a will and send it to the individuals otherwise the named executors also do so.

The most obvious people who can receive the copies are the beneficiary and guardians for minor children. How to request a copy of the will? There is no specific requirement for disclosing a will based on asking someone. However, as a Beneficiary, you can ask about disclosing the content and to be supplied with a copy of the content.

If you are working as a beneficiary of the estate and the executor refused for disclosing the will then you can consider instructing a solicitor. The solicitor will guide you about requesting in writing for you to have a look at the will. If executor rejects your request then you should make a court application for compelling the executor into getting Probate, after which the Will would become public. This doesn't happen very often, and would normally only is the last resort.