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Need help trying to get money back from Will writing conmen!
Hi, I took out a will and 'estate insurance' with a company called SPS back in 2008. I was none the wiser till last week when I contacted them to make changes to our wills (got married since and had a baby) that the company in question was banned from dealing with wills and probate services and they have gone on to change…
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Need birth certificate for my father who died?
Hello, My fathe rpassed away in June and i need a copy of his birth certificate, i have the death certificate but i am not sure how to go about it. We are also in Scotland.
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Will advice
I need some advice re wills and life insurance please. My father died 6 months ago, after his funeral my stepmother told me that myself and my sister were named as beneficiaries in his will for his life insurance. She did not tell us how much but said it was a substantial amount and that she needed copies of our birth…
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Death of tenant & rent...
Hello again! Yet another question!!!! Following my fathers death/funeral etc..... he lived in a old persons sheltered housing 1 bedroom appartment, he was 96yrs old and was on housing benefit etc. I managed to clear out most of his personal bits & pieces etc, then had to pay a house clearance guy to take away the larger…
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BeneficIary in the dark
Can anyone offer any advice please? My Uncle passed away in July 2010, he did not leave a will. His wife had died some years earlier and they had no children. My mum (deceased) was his sister. He has two remaining living siblings. I am aware that one of them, my Aunt, is dealing with his estate. His house was sold earlier…
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R27
My dad died earlier this year in May and I have just realised that I haven't sent back the R27 the inland revenue sent out. Im so worried now that I am going to cost my mum money. There was so many things at the time and I thought I could manage everything. Everything 'seems' quite forward but I am going to have to sit…
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House Sale, Brethren says house is HIS.
Hello All, Father recently passed away, and burial paid for my half-brother, no problems there. But he is saying I have no rights over the 270k house. I have a feeling my dad is still on the deeds but I am not sure. He left no will, and it would ostensibly seem his portion would be divided up between his 4 children (me…
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Buying a house when probate hasn't been granted
Hi, My wife and I are buying a house involved in a lengthy and I'm told complicated probate. We are at our wits end because we seem to be powerless to do anything. There are two executors of the will both are solicitors and throughout the whole process it has been impossible to get any accurate information from them either…
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Trust Deed versus will - which has precedence?
An unmarried couple (one with dependent children, one with adult offspring) puchase a property together. They are careful to think through issues of inheritance etc and puchase the property as "tenants in common", drawing up a trust deed setting out rights & obligations, and mirror wills reflecting their wishes to both…
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Double IHT threshold?
Am soon going to be applying for Probate for my late Mum's estate. Going to do it myself as generally it's quite a simple state of affairs, other than the fact that her house and assets look like they will take it over the single IHT threshold. However, my dad who passed away in 1998 died intestate, and my mums solicitor…
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Sorry if a stupid question
I hope I am posting this in the right place. I am dealing with my mothers estate so think here is ok? If someone has been receiving a pension from a private plan/pension does that mean they are no longer 'contributing' to the scheme? My mothers Private pension had a section that says:Benefits payable should you die whilst…
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Can adopted child benefit from an estate?
A friend of mine was adopted at a very young age by her mother's new husband. Her natural father died without a will. Could my friend be a beneficiary of his estate even though she was adopted. Would appreciate any advice.
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IHT advice about gifted money. Who pays?
My Mum passed away on 30th September 2012. She gave me a cash gift of £60K on 7th December 2009 expecting herself to survive for 7 years. Unfortunately this was not the case. As I understand it - according to the HMRC rules - I am allowed an allowance of £3K per year cash gifts which is exempt from tax. If the gift giver…
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Will contesting advice please
Is it possible for an only daughter to contest a will in the case where her (divorced) Father has left her all his (fairly modest) possessions, but in the form of an ill-thought-out and messy Trust, administered by his elderly brothers, who had no prior knowledge of what was expected of them and no idea of how do run it…
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Unable to open joint Executors account due to other Executor having poor credit
My father has recently died and I have been made joint executor of his estate with my brother. Before my father died he took out a loan, he also had an interest only mortgage with approx 7k outstanding. Also after paying for the funeral there is approx 2k left in his bank account. We have obtained probate and now want to…
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Sorting utilities out when the deceased's partner living in the house
My mum died this morning. She had a live in partner of a couple of years, nothing official and he keeps a flat of his own which he went back to every now and then. Sis and I can't find a will (and don't think there is one...). We are happy for live in partner to stay in the house for a short time while he deals with mum's…
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what can i do now
Hi After my mother died last year my youngest sister took over the administration of our mothers estate, against my eldest sisters wishes she sold off everything of value at her local auction house,we managed to buy some things on line but some lots where sold that were not on the internet, and what could not be sold was…
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Advice needed
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