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Draft a clear, plain-language will in minutes. GitLaw explains each clause as you go and is honest about the one step no online tool can do for you: a will only becomes legally valid once you print it and sign it in wet ink before two witnesses.
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Four honest steps — and the one we can’t do for you
Most online will makers hand you a PDF and stay quiet about the fact that it isn’t valid yet. Here’s the whole path, including the offline signing step that makes a will count.
Example will for Alex Morgan, leaving the estate to my spouse and two children. Drafted September 16, 2026. This is a sample — your own answers fill every clause.
This is the part no online service can do for you, and we won’t pretend otherwise. Print your will. Sign it in wet ink in front of two adult witnesses who are present at the same time, and have them sign too. Critical rule: a witness must not be a beneficiary or married to one. In England & Wales this is Wills Act 1837 s.15 — the gift to that person is void even though the will still stands. Effectively every US state also requires two witnesses, and disinterested witnesses are strongly advised. Until this is done, your will is just a draft. There is no valid electronic-only will in England & Wales, and e-wills are recognised in only a minority of US states.
Three ways a will written at home fails
Not because it’s hard — because the process is confusing and every service buries the one step that matters. The result is estates decided by default rules and gifts lost on a technicality.
Wills Act 1837 ss.9 and 15 (legislation.gov.uk).
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Wills, witnesses and validity — answered
Yes. In both the US and England & Wales you can make a valid will yourself without a lawyer. What matters is not who typed it but that it is signed and witnessed correctly. GitLaw drafts the document and walks you through the signing rules; for larger or blended estates, a lawyer review is still worth it, and you can add one.
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