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Deaths, Funerals & Probate Board Sticky
Relevant Forum threads you may find helpful: * Introduction to this board * Useful references * Guide discussion: Probate: How to do it yourself If you've spotted any other threads on this board which you think should be highlighted, please do let me know. Useful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Guide to probate *…
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Just wondering. How long was it between the death and the funeral or cremation.
My father died earlier this year. He was in the funeral home for 6 weeks. Six whole weeks, we took the earliest date the crematorium in our town had an appointment for the service and cremation. Six weeks seems a long time to be in a fridge, and he was claustrophobic in life. When I lived in Ireland if you died one week,…
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Uncooperative Joint Executor
My husband's mother died last summer and left a straightforward will. Her three children were to inherit everything in equal shares. One child lives abroad and the other two (including my husband) are joint executors. My husband applied for and got probate very quickly, it was a small estate made up of some money in a bank…
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C1 Scotland Inventory
I have done a Scottish C1 Confirmation submission but I'm encountering hurdles getting the format of the C1's inventory accurate and theres nothing online with which to compare. The Sheriff is knocking it back due to 'formatting' issues and HRMC, when questioned (given it's their form), tell me they can't help and I need…
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Selling inherited property
Hi, my dad died recently and my sister and I are joint beneficiaries and also joint executors. I plan on doing probate myself as it seems fairly straight forward and his estate is uncomplicated. Once we have probate, what next? Do we have to transfer ownership of the property to our names or can we sell it without…
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Inheritance and bankruptcy
Just a query. A family member is due to receive an inheritance however they've received a letter from the solicitors dealing with the will with a form to sign . Seems the solicitors did a bankruptcy check and a name match has come up from Feb 2022 so my relative has to declare this isn't them. It isn't them, only the first…
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HMRC Notification of death
Hi All, I have recently received a written notification from HMRC that I appear to be dead and are asking for details of the executor or solicitor dealing with my estate. This, just 5 days before my own mothers funeral ! I have spoken to them and they simple apologised and said that I shouldn't have received that letter…
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Estate values in public domain
So the mail have today publiscised that Dave Myers, one half of the hairy bikers, had an estate worth 1.4million, all left to his surviving wife. Does this mean when someone dies, their estate value and what their family inherit becomes information in the public domain? How is that right, or safe for the surviving family?…
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What to do
Hi all My wife died suddenly last week and now the funeral is over I have to deal with her will. We reside in Northern Ireland. Her will names me as sole beneficiary, there is no property involved, only bank accounts, all of which are in joint names. Do I have to apply for anything like probate or is it a simple matter of…
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Executors: myself and a firm of solicitors
My mother's Will names me as the sole beneficiary. The executors are a firm of solicitors and myself. I could handle probate for this simple estate on my own: it has no real property. What role would the firm of solicitors insist upon performing?
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Inheritance and DWP
Hi all, I am new here with a question regarding inheritance which I hope some of you can help answer. My father passed away early this year leaving what little he had in his bank account to me as his sole heir. He had no other assets other than his bank account. At the time I was so distraught that I couldn't think about…
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Probate: Is Trust part of the estate for IHT purposes Form IHT205 Question 4
My mother's brother formed a Discretionary Trust under his Will in March 2010, and he died in December 2010. As the primary beneficiary under that Trust, my mother lived in an apartment valued at £120,000 provided by the Discretionary Trust since her brother's death and until hospitalisation this year (about 13 years). The…
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Probate will
Can anyone advise me,both my parents have recently passed away,they had a trust will with 50% of the property being held by my sister and I,we are the trustees and executors of the will. We thought that they were tenants in common on the title deeds. After the trust will was made they moved to another property,when they…
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Probate, inheritance and undiagnosed vulnerable adult
My dad died recently. Myself, and two siblings are the executors. We are sorting out bank accounts and house valuation. One of my siblings is a vulnerable adult but he doesn't have a diagnosis. He won't talk to doctors. He does not receive any disability benefits. There's obviously a health condition but he ignores out…
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Property left in will
Hi, looking for advice please, I am the sole executor of my dad's house, I also inherit 1/3 of it. My 2 neices inherit 1/3 between them and my 3 nephews inherit the final 1/3 between them. I have had the property valued by 4 estate agents, the first said 200 - 210k, at which point I asked my nieces and nephews how much…
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Services for Digital Assets In Trusts? Is Bequest Good?
Hello, I am doing some end of life planning and I have some cryptocurrency as well as digital brokerage accounts that I would like to ideally put into a trust, but ultimately be able to pass onto my children. Im not sure how I can legally put these assets into a trust, but there is a service provider who claims they can do…
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Beneficiaries ID for solicitor
How long does it generally take to receive inheritance once you supply solicitor with ID and bank details. I asked and secretary said that it should not take too long.
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Any Success stories? Everything finally sorted after family "go rogue"
Prompted by the many threads we see regarding the mishandling of estates, where individuals "go rogue" and don't handle the estate assets as they should ( in some cases out and out theft), I can't recall any threads whereby the aggrieved parties finally got everything sorted out as it should've been and recovered any legal…
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Dealing with a monetary trust via a probate. A solicitor is my trustee
Hello everyone I had a bad relationship with my late mother (wont go into detail but she was very abusive to me in my childhood and to a lesser degree into adolescence and beyond). My dad was the sole earner in my family. When he died, control of his assets passed to my mother who decided to seize this newly found…
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DIY Probate
Hi, just completed above online, absolute breeze ( I hope), about 60-90mins tops, I must stress it is a straight forward uncomplicated will, my wife being the only benificiary, the estate calculated just under IHT limit. Question I have are regarding the documents needed to be sent on, the request is for the original will…
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What happens upon death of spouse?
Father in Law (92) is in hospital - he may get better, but may not.Mother in Law (88) is still coping reasonably.They still live independently in their (owned) rambling 4 bedroom house as long as 'we' do the shopping and ferrying for them.They have a will in place and we have both LPA's for them both.I *think* that the…