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Deaths, funerals & probate
Archives for October 2012
Discussion List
Inheritance - beneficiares are dead
What happens when named beneficaries in a will have died ? does their name get taken off the will, and their share gets divided to the remaining beneficaries ? . Or do the exectutors/solicitor have to trace the deceased beneficaries next of kin , are they entitled to inherit ?
legal guardian of child
I have a question about legal guardianship and wondered if anyone could help. Me and my husband were asked to be the legal guardian of my secon cousin's child, if anything happened to her and her husband. Sadly, she died suddenly and I'm not sure if the agreement for us to be guardians is still valid, as I believe it was…
Will making questions?
Hi all Need some advice regarding wills. Background. After the recent passing of both my parents, I’ve contacted the solicitor I used for buying our house as I need go to a solicitor soon to swear the oath for both probates (once I get the paperwork) and talk to him about getting my parents 2 houses, we intend to rent out,…
Has the executor exceeded his authority?
Hello, I've been searching around on many different forums, including this one and I cant seem to find the answer I'm looking for. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I didnt know where else to put it. I'll try and keep this as brief as I can. My children were left an inheritance in their great-grandmother's will.…
Help, extra cheap funeral needed
Help please! I'm trying to arrange a funeral for my dad but I simply cant afford it. I'm a on a very low income, I can barely afford to pay my mortage and have no savings, but DWP wont help with funeral costs as I'm not on benefits. I have a cost of funeral of £3000 and tomorrow I'm going to have to a shop around but i…
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