Built on the official ADJD civil will template

Prepare and register your UAE civil will

If you are an expat living in the UAE, a registered civil will decides who inherits your UAE estate and who cares for your children. We guide you through it, question by question, and stay with you until it is stamped by the court.

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Takes about 20 minutes. No sign-up needed to start, and nothing to pay until your will is complete.

How it works

Answer simple questions

One question per screen, in plain English. Everything saves as you go, so you can stop and come back whenever life gets busy.

We prepare your document

Your answers are mapped onto the official ADJD civil will template, checked for the mistakes that cause most rejections.

You register it with the court

A step-by-step checklist takes you from submission to your stamped, registered will, fees and appointment included.

Where your will is registered

We prepare your will on the official bilingual civil will template and guide you through registering it yourself with the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department.

Court queues currently run to a few months

Registered with the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department

Your will is prepared on the official bilingual civil will template and registered directly with the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department. A will registered there covers your assets across the UAE.

Court fee paid by you, directly to the court

You register the will yourself, in your own name.

Handled with care

Private by default

Your answers are encrypted in transit and stored against your account only. No one else in the household sees your will unless you invite them.

The official template

We do not invent wording. Your answers populate the official civil will template the court already expects to see.

Honest about limits

We are a technology platform, not a law firm. When something needs a lawyer, we say so and refer you to a partner firm.

Questions people ask us

Who can make a civil will in the UAE?

Non-GCC nationals aged 21 or over with assets or family in the UAE. If you hold a GCC passport the civil will framework does not apply to you, and we will point you to a partner law firm for Sharia-compliant planning rather than sell you something that will not work.

What does it cost in total?

Our fee is shown in full on the pricing page. A single will is one payment, and when a couple do theirs together the second will costs less than the first. The court then charges its own registration fee, currently AED 950 per will, which you pay directly to the court. We never touch that money, which also means we cannot mark it up.

How long does registration take?

The court sets the pace here, not us. Recent waits from submission to a notarisation appointment have been running into months, and the queue moves around. Your part takes about twenty minutes. The rest is the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department's contribution, and the checklist keeps you moving through each stage rather than wondering what happens next.

Is this legal advice?

No. We are a technology platform that helps you prepare your own will on the official court template and guides you through the public registration process. We do not give legal advice and we do not act on your behalf. If your situation is genuinely complicated, such as business shareholdings or contested family circumstances, we will say so and refer you to a partner law firm.

What happens if I die in the UAE without a will?

Your UAE assets and guardianship of your children may be decided under local default rules rather than your wishes, and bank accounts can be frozen while matters are resolved. A registered will lets you decide who inherits and who cares for your children.

Can my spouse and I do our wills together?

Yes. Joint wills are not permitted here, so a couples session produces two individual wills in one sitting. You enter shared people like guardians once, and we cross-check both wills for the kind of mismatch that is awkward to discover later, such as each of you naming a different guardian for the same children.

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Twenty minutes now. Years of certainty for them.

Start with a few quick questions to check you are eligible. Nothing to pay until your will is complete.

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