Jun 1, 2026 · 45 min · 6 segments
On this weeks edition of Legally Speaking, I am delighted to be joined by Danny Morrissey, Solicitor from Dobbyn & McCoy Solicitors in Waterford. We’ll be talking about probate issues—what happens…
Alan PurcellGuest
Danny MorrisseyGuest
Suzanne ParkerHostNo entities detected.
So a, a few episodes earlier we talked about, Shana and Frank joined me on the program.
We talked about how a grant of probate is obtained, how you get the information for it and apply for it.
And that's a straightforward when someone passes away, you're collecting their assets.
What we're gonna talk about today is when there's problems, because it's often the case with families, with wills, that there are some problems.
Um, mainly where the problems arise, basically, where, um, family are, feel that they've been disinherited or that they haven't got an equal, a proper share of what they should get.
So for that reason, um, it's good to have good no- note-taking when you're making the will, and so that there might be an explanation for them whenever their parents or loved ones have passed on as to why the deceased did what they did.
Um, and that might, um, in some cases el- eliminate some of the, um, uncertainty and some of the, um, litigation that might arise-
Um, what I would say, I suppose, is that, look, um, I say to everybody is, you know, make a will, but review it because as circumstances change, you should update your will.
So, you know, in this day and age where there are numerous divorces or whatever, um, and different families, and half families, you know, wills sh- should be reviewed according to circumstances change.
And like, as you mentioned, when there is a family, there's emotions are running high.
And with p- probate, they've just lost a loved one, so it's quite a complicated time.
So a, a few episodes earlier we talked about, Shana and Frank joined me on the program.
We talked about how a grant of probate is obtained, how you get the information for it and apply for it.
And that's a straightforward when someone passes away, you're collecting their assets.
What we're gonna talk about today is when there's problems, because it's often the case with families, with wills, that there are some problems.
Um, mainly where the problems arise, basically, where, um, family are, feel that they've been disinherited or that they haven't got an equal, a proper share of what they should get.
So for that reason, um, it's good to have good no- note-taking when you're making the will, and so that there might be an explanation for them whenever their parents or loved ones have passed on as to why the deceased did what they did.
Um, and that might, um, in some cases el- eliminate some of the, um, uncertainty and some of the, um, litigation that might arise-
Um, what I would say, I suppose, is that, look, um, I say to everybody is, you know, make a will, but review it because as circumstances change, you should update your will.
So, you know, in this day and age where there are numerous divorces or whatever, um, and different families, and half families, you know, wills sh- should be reviewed according to circumstances change.
And like, as you mentioned, when there is a family, there's emotions are running high.
And with p- probate, they've just lost a loved one, so it's quite a complicated time.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.