If you wish to register a DIFC Courts Will to govern the distribution a variety of your assets, or a Will which is to encompass both assets as well as guardianship provisions, then you should look to register a Full Will. The mandatory provisions for a Full Will are set out in Schedule 1 of the DIFC Courts Wills and Probate Registry Rules.
In your Full Will, you will have the option to include the distribution of your digital assets via the DIFC Courts’ non-custodial wallet. At this time, the DIFC Courts’ wallet supports the following digital assets: Ethereum Classic (ETH), Bitcoin (BTC), Matic, USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT), Hedera (HBAR), and Hedera Token Service (HTS). In the future, the DIFC Courts’s wallet expects to support NFTs such as ERC 721, ERC 1155, Ordinals and HTS.
To commence the preparation of your Full Will, please select the appropriate button below and you will be re-directed to the DIFC Courts Will portal to enter the required information to create or submit your Will.
If you have more than one type of asset which you wish to include within your Will, then your choice of DIFC Courts Will must be a Full Will. If you also wish to nominate guardians for your minor children (residing in the Emirates of Dubai or Ras Al Khaimah), then you can include guardianship provisions within your Full Will. If you only want to register guardianship provisions and do not wish to distribute your assets then this can be achieved by registering a Guardianship Will instead. If you register a Full Will and start a family at a later date, the Full Will can be modified at that time to include the required guardianship provisions if you so wish.
If you are not married, you should select the Single Will option whereas if you are married, and both you and your spouse wish to register a Full Will at the same time, you should select the Mirror Will option.
Your Will is an extremely important document and it is strongly recommended to consider taking legal advice in its preparation. The Rules set down certain minimum requirements that must be met in order for the Will to be registered. To ensure your Will is in compliance, you may access the Rules here. If you wish to get legal advice, however, the Wills Service publishes a list of legal practitioners that have met certain minimum standards in relation to their knowledge of the Rules and drafting DIFC Courts Wills. Click here to access this list of approved Wills Draftsmen.
If you would like any more information about Full Wills or the registration of other DIFC Courts Wills, please contact us via the enquiry form below and one of our Compliance Officers will get back to you.
