As of 13 August 2026, AI cannot complete your probate application form.
This still needs a person who signs their name to it.
Can you do it?
15 minutesto a draft.
n/ait cannot be self-verified.
Cost, all in£0
Skill neededchat-fluent
Who has to check ita professional
What the alternative costsNo priced alternative is listed in the available tool data.
If this goes wrong: you submit an incorrect probate application or declaration, causing delay and potentially requiring professional help to correct it.
What to actually do
Hand it to a person
The route this page recommends
Someone with a licence or accountable authority has to sign this before it counts.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceDo it yourself
The distant thirdA chat interface gets you a draft, but you cannot verify it yourself. That is the catch.
How to actually do it
- Open the current probate application guidance and form on GOV.UK, and save the exact version you intend to use.
- Gather the death certificate details, will or codicil, executor information, estate asset and debt records, and any inheritance tax reference or related correspondence that applies.
- Remove unnecessary personal information from copies you give to a chatbot, then paste the form questions and your supporting facts into the prompt.
- Ask the chatbot to produce the field-by-field draft, source for each answer and NEEDS CONFIRMATION list specified in the prompt.
- Transfer only confirmed answers into the official GOV.UK form, keeping the supporting documents beside you and comparing every name, date, address and figure with the original record.
- Take unresolved questions and the completed draft to a probate solicitor, or confirm them with the official probate process, before signing or submitting the application.
Prompt
I need help preparing, not submitting, a UK probate application. I will paste the current GOV.UK form or its questions, followed by the facts and documents I have. Use only the information I provide. Do not guess, infer missing facts, choose a legal route without explaining the uncertainty, or give inheritance tax or legal advice. For every field, produce: 1. the exact field or question, 2. a proposed answer only where the supplied information supports it, 3. the source of that answer in my material, and 4. what I must confirm or obtain. Mark every unresolved item as NEEDS CONFIRMATION. Separate administrative transcription from questions requiring a solicitor or the probate service. Check names, dates, addresses, figures, executor details and totals for internal consistency, but do not decide whether they are legally correct. At the end, list the documents and points I should take to a probate solicitor or confirm with the official GOV.UK process. Form or questions: [PASTE THE CURRENT FORM OR QUESTIONS]. Facts and documents: [PASTE ONLY INFORMATION YOU ARE COMFORTABLE SHARING].
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
What it gets wrong
- AI cannot determine the correct probate route when the estate, will or family circumstances are unusual.
- AI cannot establish that your estate figures and inheritance tax position are legally complete from documents you happen to paste.
- AI cannot take responsibility for the declarations made in your application.
- AI cannot replace a solicitor's judgement about disputes, missing beneficiaries, unclear wills or contested estates.
What makes this a NO: legal accountability, verification cost and stakes of error.
How we scored this
Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 1 |
| Inputs | 1 |
| Verification | 0 |
| Liability | 0 |
| Effort delta | 1 |
| Total | 3 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can ChatGPT fill in my probate application form?
- It can organise information you provide and draft answers against the form's questions. It cannot safely decide which answers apply to a complicated estate, and you remain responsible for the official declaration.
- Is it safe to use AI for probate?
- Use it for transcription and a list of missing information, not for deciding your legal position or inheritance tax treatment. This is not professional advice, and a serious or disputed case needs a probate solicitor.
- What information do I need for a UK probate application?
- You generally need the relevant will and death details, executor information, and accurate records of the estate's assets, debts and related tax or probate correspondence. Check the current GOV.UK form because the questions and documents depend on the application and the estate.
- Should I use a solicitor for probate?
- A solicitor is appropriate when the will is unclear, beneficiaries disagree, the estate is hard to value, records are missing or there may be tax complications. For a straightforward estate, you can still use GOV.UK directly, but an AI draft does not remove your responsibility for the application.
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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.
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