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Will dispute! Need advise!
Hi guys. I need some advise please My nan became ill 18 months ago She was living with my mother for a while. My mothers brother kept coming to the house and walking away with cheques from my nan for £40,000 here £10000 there When my mother questioned this, my uncle caused an arguement and moved my nan to his. My mum…
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Headstone Insurance
I will be buying a headstone for my late mother and wondering about insurance. Can anyone recommend any companies ? Do i really need/want insurance (I private rent at the moment and have no house/content insurance ). The headstone will be about £1,140 + £340 in Cemetary burial fee. It is easy to google but always nice to…
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Advice for executor - estate did not go to probate
Can someone please advise on what do if son was executor in late mother's will but shut out of the process by father and barred access to will, bank accounts etc -did not not go to probate and told to keep out of it as (wrongly) told it did not neet to go through probate. Have found out out financial assets WERE well over…
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Potential will problem brewing
Has anyone got any thoughts on a problem that I can see brewing. My partners Dad has a large property with land and is advancing in years. When he wrote his Will he told my partner that she and her brother would inherit his estate 50/50. He also told them he would put in his Will that both of them (son and daughter) would…
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Making a change to my will for free
I had a will drawn up by a solicitor abouit 10 years ago, and I have a copy at home (the original is with the solicitor). However, I want to change the name of a beneficiary in it but don't want to pay a huge amount to do this. I was thinking of copying it out, word-for-word, making the changes I want, then getting it…
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Power of executor
Hi, I am looking for some advice. My grandad died several months ago. A will was left and the house was left to me, however because of outstanding debt the estate went to probate and the house is having to be sold. The house is now in the process of being sold, my mother is the executor of the will, what power does she…
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Will dispute
After reading about will disputes and caveats I thought I would tell mine. Mum died early this year and left everything to me. Dad died many years ago. I have a brother who fell out with the family years ago and has never spoken to us in at least 16 years. Mum has left everything to me, around £70k in cash accounts and a…
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Grant from DWP
Relative died with two daughters. One daughter is getting the necessary benfits to apply for a funeral grant. The other daughter is not claiming benefits and was the primary contact for the deceased. There is not enough money / assets in the estate to meet the funeral costs. The daughter that was the primary contact does…
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Childrens Inheritance - Help !
Hello, Please help. My mother recently died and left me and my two brothers as executors of her will. A portion of her estate is to be divided equally between her grandchildren. The issue is that some of the grandchildren are under 18. I understand that it needs to be in a trust fund, but I have been told that the trust…
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Gain entrance to deceased home
How do I legally, as next of kin, gain entrance to my deceased brothers' home to collect his belonging when his girlfriend won't answer my calls and is about to leave the state.
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My mum made a will with free wills month and has received a will with errors & a Bill
My mum has been saying for a while she needed to update her will but couldn't afford to so, when I heard about free wills month I suggested she use that especially as it was in our area in October. Anyway, she booked an appointment with a solicitor during free wills month and told them when she booked and also when she…
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Loans
Hope someone can help with this. My brother died recently, leaving a will and naming me as executor. The question is: I have just found out that my brother made a loan to a friend, who now says that this was a gift. I have bank statements showing regular payments (same amount each month and on the same date) into my…
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liabilities of an administrator
Sister in law has just today died intestate in a hospice. We think her estate is of no more than about £2000. There are most probably debts, and her council house is in a real state due to a hoarding habit. We believe that utility bills will be in arrears. We (wife and I) are having to foot the funeral expenses out of our…
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A fair deal from the funeral industry
The funeral industry is fast becoming our century’s license to print money with no interest in ensuring a fair deal for the bereaved. There is no effective competition, no one really shops around and the whole industry is dominated by a small numbers of mega outfits. With crematoria and cemeteries increasingly privately…
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Hierarchy of Debts not followed?
My mother passed away in the summer. She left no assets except two very small insurance policies. She also left a rather large personal loan. It has taken the bank 4 months to contact us and ask for the debt to be paid out of the estate. There never was enough to repay the entire debt and frankly it has taken the bank such…
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Life Insurance & Wills
I've recently taken out a life insurance policy to cover money that I have borrowed from my parents. I have asked the insurance company for a trust form, but that is long, complicated and requires an IFA's help. I decided the quickest way would be to create a "quickie will", since I don't have any other assets to speak of…
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Executor of unsound mind
My mother died 2 years ago and left her house rightly to me and 5 siblings, I am the eldest male (57), the will was done without my knowledge and my elder sister and youngest sister were made executors, the house has been empty all the 2 years and they only put it on the market just over a year ago. The eldest sister (58)…
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Overdraft and Credit Card debts after death
Hi My Mum sadly passed away recently and there is an overdraft debt on her Bank account (£1000) and a credit card balance (£2300) We have been into the bank to inform them and they now are saying the debts are passed to the next of kin The accounts were in Mums name only as Dad passed away 6 yrs ago. Mum had no will or any…
