Lawyer-assisted Wills for Indian families
Making a Will is not about filling a form. It is about understanding what each clause means and how your assets can actually be divided. Our lawyers explain it in plain language, help you decide, and draft a Will that holds. In person, or over video.
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Without a Will, your religion decides your heirs, not you. Pick your situation and see the split.
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Class I heirs
This is a simplified illustration of intestate succession for a common family situation. Real outcomes depend on the full list of surviving relatives, the type of property (self-acquired, ancestral, joint family), state amendments and case law. It is not legal advice. Talk to one of our lawyers before you act on it.
Decide it yourself, book a consultationThree things most families get wrong
A nominee is only a caretaker the bank or insurer can hand money to. Courts have repeatedly held the nominee must pass it on to the legal heirs. Naming a nominee settles nothing.
Your family will need a court certificate to claim what you left. Fees are charged on the value of the estate, and the wait is commonly measured in years, not months.
Most Wills that get challenged fail on how they were worded, not on whether they existed. That is exactly the part a lawyer sitting across from you is there to get right.
What we help with
Every Will begins with a lawyer walking you through your assets, your family and your choices, then drafting it for you and reviewing it line by line.
For one person deciding how their own assets should pass, whether the estate is simple or has a few moving parts.
For couples who want to protect each other and plan together, so that whichever spouse goes first, the plan still holds.
Business, trust or large estate? Private trusts, family constitutions and business succession sit with our senior practice, TrueLegacy, the same team, a deeper engagement.
Go to TrueLegacyFour steps, start to signature
Leave your number and pick a time. Meet a lawyer in person across Kerala, or over video wherever you are. No cost to talk it through first.
The lawyer walks you through your assets and family, explains what each option means, and helps you decide how everything should be divided. This is the part a form cannot do.
Your Will is drafted from that conversation and reviewed line by line for gaps, contradictions and anything that could invite a challenge later.
You receive the final Will and a one-page signing sheet. We tell you exactly where to sign, who can witness and what to avoid. Witnesses must not inherit under the Will.
About us
FamilyWill exists to make Will-making feel possible for an ordinary Indian family, not just for the wealthy with a family lawyer on call.
Most people avoid making a Will because they do not know what the terms mean or how their assets can be split fairly. So they wait, and the cost of waiting lands on the people they love. We fix that by putting a practising lawyer across the table from you, not a form on a screen, to explain, guide and draft.
We are part of the NexGrowth group of advisory brands, based in Kochi, Kerala, and we work with families across India and the Gulf. For high-value estates, trusts and business succession, our senior practice TrueLegacy takes over.
Talk to usWhat is included
A practising lawyer explains your options and helps you decide, in person or by video, in your own language.
Two matching Wills for couples, so that whichever of you goes first, the plan holds and the survivor is protected.
Name who raises your children and who manages their money until they are old enough. The single most-skipped clause.
Appoint the person who will carry out your wishes, and a backup, in case the first cannot.
Bank accounts, demat, mutual funds, PF, insurance, property, gold, lockers and digital accounts, listed so nothing is lost.
Covers everything you forgot to list and everything you acquire later, so the Will does not go stale.
Separate Indian-asset Wills, cross-border clauses and video consultations across time zones.
Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and more, spoken on the call and available in the draft.
Ask a question and get a person, not a bot. Monday to Saturday, 9am to 7pm IST.
Also handled by our team
A Will is one document. Families usually need a few others during your lifetime. Our lawyers handle these too.
From families we have worked with
I kept putting it off for eleven years because I did not understand how to divide things fairly. The lawyer sat with us and explained everything. My wife did hers the same week.
Suresh N.Retired bank manager, ThrissurI am in Dubai and my parents property is in Kochi. Over video they explained exactly which assets my Indian Will should cover and which it should not. Nobody had told me there was a difference.
Faisal A.NRI, DubaiAfter my father died without a Will, we spent two and a half years and a lot of money in court. I made mine the month it ended. I do not want my children doing that.
Latha M.School teacher, ErnakulamQuestions we get every day
You speak to a lawyer. FamilyWill is a lawyer-assisted service, not a fill-in-the-blanks form. A practising lawyer meets you in person across Kerala, or over video anywhere else, explains what each term means, helps you decide how your assets should be divided, and then drafts the Will for you.
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