Stephanie Batts

About Stephanie Batts

Stephanie Batts helps individuals, couples and families with probate, estate administration, Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney at Burt Brill & Cardens Solicitors in Brighton.

She supports executors throughout the probate process, helping them understand their responsibilities, meet Inheritance Tax requirements and deadlines, obtain the necessary Grant, administer estate assets and distribute inheritances to beneficiaries. Stephanie handles both testate estates, where the deceased left a valid Will, and intestate estates, where someone died without a Will.

Stephanie has particular experience with complex probate and estate administration involving assets in more than one country. For example, she has dealt with estates with assets in Spain, France, the Carribean and Australia as some examples. She provides clear, practical guidance to families who are grieving or feel overwhelmed by the legal, tax and administrative responsibilities involved.

She also prepares Wills for individuals and couples in Brighton, including unmarried partners who want to understand how they can protect one another. Stephanie explains what may happen if either partner dies without a Will, the potential Inheritance Tax implications and how a properly prepared Will can provide greater security for the surviving partner and their family.

Stephanie prepares Lasting Powers of Attorney for people who want to appoint trusted individuals to make decisions on their behalf in the future. She can also assist with urgent and deathbed Wills for people in hospitals or hospices following a terminal diagnosis.

Known for her efficiency, responsiveness and kindness, Stephanie combines careful estate administration with compassionate support. She aims to make Wills, probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney easier to understand and to help families navigate difficult circumstances with confidence.

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Brighton: 30 Old Steine, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 1FL, United Kingdom

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Client Testimonials

Stephanie made the experience simple to understand and gave clear understandable advice. As an ex-pat with property and businesses in the EU as well as the UK I needed a solicitor with a full understanding of european law and that is exactly what I got with Stephanie. It was a much better experience than i have had recently with other solicitors who treated me like a number rather than a person.

Michael Briant

If probate and estate management can be amazing, my experience of Stephanie Batts, who is head of Probate at Burt Brill &Cardens, was amazing. I spent weeks looking for a solicitor I was happy with. Appointing Stephanie was a good decision. Dealing with my mother's estate was not straightforward but everything went surprisingly smoothly. Letters of administration came through much quicker than I'd expected, as did finalising the estate management. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Stephanie.

Anthony Collins

I had a number of bad life events at the same time that my father died, and I was very well supported by Stephanie who showed empathy and made such a good rate or progress with the Probate. Further, out of three quotes, hers was the lowest. Such a great service at a competitive price.

Paul