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Help or advice please
Hi All, We were wondering if we could get some advice if possible, my partners Mum has just unexpectedly passed away and we’re in the process of arranging everything however myself and my partner have never dealt anything like this before. Our first issue is that my partners 14 year old sister was living with her Mum, her…
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Property & Trust help
FACTS* Executors me (late fathers daughter) fathers partner (now her son and daughter have POA). * Property 50% my late fathers 50% his partners. * Right to reside in and occupy and enjoy same during my fathers partners lifetime. * Partner now living with son. "the share of my Trustees in the net proceeds of sale of the…
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How long should it take for a solicitor to finalise accounts and distribute inheritan
I have been waiting months for the solicitors to do the accounts so I can obtain my money. They keep saying they are very busy and make me feel so bad for asking that I'm reluctant to call again. I've also read on mumsnet that they could be charging for each time I ring to chase up the accounts! They have the money from…
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Can I do this?
Hi I am hoping that someone can help me with this. I have dealt with probate on my Fathers estate myself. After everything is settled and paid for we are left with £15,000 to share between myself and my brother. My brother owes me several thousand pounds, of which he has made no attempt to return to me. In fact it is like…
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Contesting a will
We have finally been granted probate for my sisters estate. However the solicitor is now saying that someone could make a claim against the estate/contest the will for up to six months following the grant of probate so although the executors can pay out the legacies (£50,000 out of a £1,000,000 estate the rest is in trust…
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Death benefits scheme question
Hi, I really hope you can help me or at least offer some advice. A few weeks ago my brother died while at work,a shock to us all that's for sure,sadly though that's the start of what im sure is going to be a hard and messy time with my siblings over his estate as he left no will and wasn't married or had children. So…
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Leaving property to minors
My in-laws have told us that they have just updated their wills and intend to leave their investment property to my son and daughter (their grandchildren). Obviously they could change their minds in the meantime and leave it all to the cats home but I feel this is unlikely, and I'm assuming the property would be left in a…
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Invoice from Care Home 2yrs after mum died?
I received a letter today informing me of unpaid invoices outstanding to the value of £132.77 from the care home that my mum resided in up until she died 2 years and 4 months ago. Firstly, I'm really upset to have received this letter out of the blue, having heard nothing from them since mum died - how can a care home…
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Estate Research
Hi all - hoping for some advice. My grandmother has received a letter from the above company informing her that she is a 'missing legatee' of a friend's will. Does anyone have any info on this company or advice on this in general? The letter simply requests she contact the company ASAP. What would be the normal procedure?…
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How long does it take to get my inheritance
Hi, I have been given £10,000 by a family friend that left it in her will to me and a trustee is holding my money. I cant get the money until i am 18. which a few days ago I turned 18. now the question is how long is going to take from here on now till I receive the money. the family friend had died when I was 5 years old.…
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Buying house and paying off others
Hi there Just joined and would like some advice please. My father is 97 - and I hope continues to carry on for a long time. He and my mother (who is much younger than he) got divorced in 1987 and she is a 'tenant in common' on the title deeds. I have a brother and both if us are to share my dads 50% of his share of the…
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Grandson's name on house deeds?
Hi, I'd like advice please on what's best to do with my house etc. before I leave this world. My question is, is it possible or advisable to put my 17yo grandson's name on the deeds of the house or just make a will and leave everything to him? His mother, my DD, doesn't want anything and my son has cut himself off from us.…
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Can an adullt stepson contest my aunts estate?
As title says really My aunt died a few months ago and has left her estate to me, my brother and sisters as she had no children. Some 40 odd years ago she married my uncle whom, as I understand, more or less cut all ties to his existing family and started a new life up with my aunt in the north west of the uk. He died in…
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Probate, Inheritance and separation
My mum passed away recently, and with no will, her estate (house) goes to probate I have been separated from my wife for 8 years and have already started Divorce proceedings in February She is not responding the the petition so I have applied for Deemed Service. Will she have any claim to inheritance from the estate that I…
