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An executor must be over 18 years of age. People often appoint trusted friends or family members who are good with finances and administration.

In our Will, you may appoint 1 sole executor, or 2 or 3 joint executors.

Because everyone deserves a valid will, not just people who can afford a solicitor. The Individual and Couple's Wills builders are free forever, no catch, no account needed, and no card details required.

Gaia earns from the optional add-ons families choose when they want extra certainty: a solicitor review of your DIY will, or a fully bespoke will drafted by a partnered solicitor for complex estates. The free builder isn't a trial of those, it's the same document either way.

Yes. What makes a will valid isn't who typed it, it's how it's executed. You must be over 18 and of sound mind, the will must be in writing, and you must sign it in the presence of two adult witnesses who are present at the same time and who also sign it.

Your witnesses shouldn't be beneficiaries (or their spouses). Gaia includes a witness signing block and step-by-step instructions when you print your will.

Yes. Couple's Wills builds two separate, mirrored wills, one for each of you, in the same session. Most couples leave everything to each other first, then to their children, but you can each choose differently if you'd rather.

You each sign your own document with your own witnesses. Married or de facto, it works the same way, and it's still free.

You die "intestate", and a legal formula in your state or territory decides who inherits, typically your spouse and children in fixed proportions. Unmarried partners, stepchildren, friends and charities can miss out entirely.

A court also appoints someone to administer your estate, which is usually slower, more expensive and more stressful for your family than following a will.

For a straightforward estate, like a home, savings, super and possessions left to family, a properly signed and witnessed will like the one Gaia creates is generally all you need.

If your situation is more complex, such as a blended family, a business or trust, overseas assets, or a will you expect to be contested, you should have a solicitor draft it from scratch — that's what our Bespoke Lawyer Will is for. If you'd rather build it yourself but still want a professional check, the solicitor review add-on sits in between.

A partnered estate solicitor reads your completed will, checks the wording and execution requirements, and flags anything ambiguous or risky, for example unclear gifts, shares that don't add up, or a witness who shouldn't be one.

You receive personalised feedback within 5 business days, plus 12 months of unlimited updates and secure digital storage with trusted-contact access.

Yes, and you should, after big life events like marriage, separation, a new child or buying property. Simply create a new will (it revokes the old one), sign and witness it again, and destroy the old copy.

The Gaia will builder is free to reuse as often as you like, and the solicitor review add-on includes 12 months of reviewed updates.

Wills cannot be validly signed or witnessed using electronic signatures because the Probate Office of each Supreme Court requires an original ("wet-ink") of the Will before approving a Grant of Probate.