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what can excutor pay?
My husband grandma past away on Wednesday, my mother in law is the excutor as well as the sole benifecery (only child). Grandma had a joint account with my mum in law that only has a few pound in it but grandma has another account that mum in law had POA, the gas and elec bill have come in the post this morning can mum in…
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IHT - Business Relief - Clarification
I'm finding some of the HMRC info about Business Relief a bit unclear, maybe someone can help. My situation: Deceased was sole trader, business involved renting out office space. HMRC page on Business Relief ( ... I can't post links, but go to HMRC site and type Business Relief in the search box to find the page ...) says:…
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Probate - all executors apply, or some take power reserved?
Hi, Myself and a relative have been appointed as Executors. Looking at Probate Application Form PA1, I see that we can either: - both jointly apply for the Grant of Probate - one of us applies, and the other takes the 'Power Reserved' option Is there any disadvantage for both of us to apply jointly, or does that make some…
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What can I do after all this time?
Hi all, I usually post under a different name that is known on other boards, I'm just using this name to ask for any advice on this personal matter. Basically in 2005 an elderly family member died and made my Mum the executor of the will, in which everything was left to her. I presumed that this was all sorted long ago and…
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Solicitors as executors - can we act instead with their agreement?
My partner's father's Will names two partners at a local solicitors as executors. Following his death there is only a very small estate, balance below £5,000 and, as there are a number of outstanding debts (which the estate will not cover), one of the solicitors advised us to handle the winding up ourselves, as using his…
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Advice badly needed
We need help with this please. Mother passed away beginning of 2011 Brother and sister are executors. They have done nothing what so ever regards mums estate. They don't have nothing to do with three of us siblings. We have approached them to ask about mums estate but we are blanked. Executors have locked up mums house…
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Advice re sister with-holding will
My mom passed away on 10.11.2012. My sister and I knew that a will had been made with dad and where it was kept, who the beneficiaries were but not who were the executors. Due to a family split we do not have a good relationship with our eldest sister who is the only person to have access to moms house. She has made no…
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Death In Service
Hi, Please can someone help with the following problem. I wont go into all the background information, unless it's needed. A male dies and has a Death In Service policy They didn't nominate anyone on the policy They have one child The birth certificate of the child has no name under 'father'. What would happen in this…
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Inheritance tax need to declare?
My wife has been given a large sum by her father to help buy a house, enough to go over the inheritance tax threshold. I believe if he lives another 7 years then there will be no tax to pay but do we need to declare this money now to hmrc so they know when she recieved it? We are both PAYE also if that makes a difference…
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Excessive delay in Probate.
My mother died a couple of months ago. She had a will with a local solicitor. It was very simple, everything shared between the three brothers. As the solicitor had drawn up the will i went against my better judgement and decided to do probate rarther than myself. She had left a small terraced house and a couple of small…
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How to find out who the deceased's GP was..
As above really, my dad died and I need to find out who his GP was at the time of his death. We didn't have much contact for various reasons but I was his only child and there's no relatives on his side who might know. Does anyone know how I could obtain this information? I am sure it's something really simple to do, I…
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Excessive solicitors' fees?
My father moved to Belgium with his (Belgian) wife when he was 83 - he became ill after beingthere for about a year and died in hospital in May 2011. His wife was heartbroken and very infirm and on a lot of medication. She finally died in November 2011 - before the estate of my father had been sorted out. They had 'mirror'…
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Estate distribution suspended - DWP letter
Hi Out my depth - please could anyone help. Dealing with a will for which I am a beneficiary (one of three) although not executor. House that the deceased owned is now on the market having had the probate application completed. Was really looking forward to resolving the estate and moving on but now the solicitor has…
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Withholding ashes over payment.
My sisters partner of 4 years recently died. The total funeral costs are £2600. She and her partner were not married but do have a young child together. He died a few weeks after his son was born about 6 weeks ago. The problem comes in that his parents are the people who legally signed for the funeral and as of now havent…
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Unclaimed estate - what next?
Good evening, I've recently been contacted by a probate research company stating I may be entitled to a share in the estate of my Great Aunty. I've done a little research and discovered that these sort of companies charge up to 35% for doing the work for you, so I've decided to look at doing the work myself. Now from…
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Property Trustee won't act to sell
how long does it take though the courts to remove a property trustee on the ground of refusing to act? Anyone done it?
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Borrowing against ones inheritence
My brother and sister have both borrowed a significant amount of money from my mother's estate which is to be divided amongst 5 siblings. The estate is now going to fund my mother's stay in a Home and it is a good possibility that there will not be any money in the estate at the time of her death. Will my brother and…
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What happens if a beneficiary to a will dies?
My Grandmother passed away last week. My Mum was named as a beneficiary of the will along with her two brothers, each having an equal share. My Mum passed away in March leaving myself as her only surviving child. My sister died last year but has two children. My Grandmother did not change her will following the death of my…
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Executor
I named my daughter as my executor a few years ago, she has recently got married, do i need to change my will ?
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Help - brother incurring increased debt on inherited property
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