{"id":925,"date":"2021-10-21T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T10:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edclord.co.uk\/?page_id=925"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:21:45","slug":"our-probate-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edclord.co.uk\/index.php\/our-probate-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Probate Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Feature&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#345168&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.edclord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/people.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5%||0%||false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;251px&#8221; bottom_divider_flip=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; max_width=&#8221;1280px&#8221; min_height=&#8221;718.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-91px|auto|-170px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1280px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Lato||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ol_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; quote_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Lato|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_6_font=&#8221;Lato|700|||||||&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; header_6_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_6_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1px||0px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;5%&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;22px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Probate and Administration of Estates<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;10%|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_slider _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#6d180d&#8221; transform_scale=&#8221;76%|76%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;663.8px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_slide heading=&#8221;Certified Quality&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/www.edclord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LS-Accreditation-Wills-and-INheritance-Quality.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_transition=&#8221;on&#8221; title_text=&#8221;LS Accreditation Wills and INheritance Quality&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>We are accredited with the Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS) by the Law Society which is the recognised quality mark for legal experts in drafting Wills and administering Estates. 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