By making a valid will, you would have good control over your assets after your death, and you could appoint a trusted person (or even a law firm) to administer and distribute your assets according to your wish and instruction made before your death. In order to make a valid will, you must ensure to:
- appoint a younger executor(s) and trustee(s)
- make gifts out of existing assets
- dispose of all your assets entirely
- provide full name of each beneficiary
- provide complete contact information of each beneficiary
- provide valid reasons to explain why no gift is made to certain close family members
- appoint 2 younger witnesses of your will
- avoid appointing witnesses who have conflict of interest in your assets
- make a final will in writing and avoid making any part verbally
Anyhow, a valid will might still be void or voidable if it was successfully challenged on grounds that:
- you were mentally incapacitated when you made your will;
- your marriage came after your will; and/or
- other non-exhausted grounds
