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Deed of Variation help
Hello Hope this is in the right place , sadly my Dad passed away 18 months a go and my Mom wants to change will to pass half of the house over to me and my sister ( my Dad's half ) now This is in case my Mom needs to go into a care home and she does not want to lose all of the asset of the house paying for care ( ie…
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How long to recieve the probate certificate?
Morning We are currently buying a house that is going through probate. The inheritance tax was paid nearly 2 weeks ago. We are just wondering how long it has taken for people to then receive the grant certificate? The estate agent said he was expecting it the week just gone and our solicitor said estate agents are always…
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Shares missed when sorting out will
Hello, I am looking for a bit of advice. My father passed away 8 years ago and left everything in his will to myself and my siblings. His lawyer and his brother were executors of the will. His finances were in a bit of a mess at the time of his death (not debts, just very disorganised), so it meant we just gave all the…
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Birmingham Probate Registry
hi there, I managed to complete the PA1 and IHT205 probate forms last week (there is no will). I sent them off on the 1st July, 1st class recorded to Birmingham Probate Registry. They were signed for on the 2nd July. I wasn't sure how long it would take for the paperwork to get processed given it is holiday season. I sent…
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PA1 : reserved power/change of executor address
From what I remember from when I did my father's estate, when an executor is reserving powers, the Probate office write to that executor, who signs and sends the form back to the applicant, and it is presented when the oath is done. However there isn't anywhere on the PA1 to notify a change of address of an executor from…
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Who takes on debt after death
Hi, who takes on debt if a family member passes away and there is no estate? Also, is there any legal ties if a couple have been separated for over 10 years but not divorced? Thanks
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LPA - questions about capacity
My mother has agreed that I can get an LPA to handle her property matters. Mum is in her 80s and moved back to this country this year, so doesn't know anyone who is not family. Thus we are going to have to go to a solicitor / Dr for them to be the certificate provider. However, I know my mum is going to struggle. She…
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Question on descendants on will
Sadly my wife's older brother passed away yesterday after a very lengthy battle with MS. Trying to help in any small way I can at the moment so have been looking though his paperwork and have the following questions please. First question is: his will (written in 1994) named his mother as executor. Will states usual about…
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Registering EPA, what next?
My mother signed the Enduring POwer of Attorney forms some years ago, just before the system changed. The time has come to register this due to mums failing cognitive function. We have filled out the form and sent it off with the original EPA paperwork. The cheque was cashed weeks ago. What happens next?I assume I get sent…
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Do children have any right to see will?
My partner's father has died and on his deathbed he made some comments about being conned by his partner. The partner has also made comments about not wanting any 'nastiness' when the will is read. Originally my partner's sister was the executer as she has legal training, but the will was changed to make the father's new…
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POA - limited to purchase of house / rental
Hi, not sure if I am in the right place. I want to know if it is possbile to get a POA for my mother, so that I can manage the potential purchase of a house and the subsequent rental of it, on her behalf. I do not want to take over all of her financial affairs, as she is quite capable of dealing with that stuff, but I do…
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Ashes: how long?
We are burying my mum's ashes soon, in the same place as my dad's. When Dad died, in December, the funeral director suggested that we might not want to rush to bury Dad's in his chosen spot because "it's a lovely spot in the summer, but a bit exposed in the winter wind." And after the crem, they took Dad's ashes away for…
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Any feedback on the Probate Department Limited (TPD ltd) and/or DIY Probate Forms UK?
hi there I've been doing some research on Probate Specialists, as I am thinking about probate assistance regarding my fathers estate, was wondering whether anyone had any experience (good or bad) of the Probate Department Limited (TPD ltd)? They are based in Sussex. Similarly, I have come across DIY Probate Forms UK, a…
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Probate : wildly different RICS property valuations
I'm dealing with my late mother's estate - I'm executor & sole beneficiary. Father died 5 years ago & full unused allowance will be transferred. I got an RICS surveyor to value the house. The value he gave was somewhat lower than I expected, and what a local estate agent estimated. The report states "valuation confidence :…
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Reclaim Executorship after renouncing?
Hi My uncle died 2 years ago and had two wills one for the uk and one for oz. He left instructions for my sister and brother to be excecutors of the uk one, and we had a meeting with the Solicitors who held the will. During that meeting the solicitor told us the uk case was very straight forward and he would be able to…
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Abuse of Enduring Power of Attorney and Executors duties!
My sister had Enduring Power of Attorney over our mother and father (who were divorced 40 years ago but lived in same area) she was also named as executor on their wills, they have both recently died and my sister has all their money and possessions and is refusing to act on the wills, she was on benefits and has purchased…
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Delay with Newcastle Probate Office
Hello, My solicitor sent off all the necessary stuff regarding my mum's estate to the Probate Office in Newcastle about 2 months ago. About 3 weeks ago they asked for a copy of her Spanish will (regarding a holiday home in Spain, left to me, her daughter). Since then we have heard nothing. The solicitor's clerk says its…
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floral tribute cards
Does anyone have the name of a website that I can print the cards that u attach to floral tributes? When I google i just get florally cards instead of the small ones you write a message on that you put with the floral arrangemennt.
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DWP, pension credit, capital
My mother in law passed away in March. My wife is executoir but I have been dealing with the paperwork. DWP have come back to us wirth aletter saying there may have been an overpayment and not to distribute the estate yet. When she died, MIL had some £14k in savings - over the limit. She was under the limit in 2003 when…
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Inheritance, and child tax credit renewal
As co-executor of mum's estate, I've just had this question thrown my way from one of the beneficiaries: 'I’m trying to complete our Child Tax Credits renewal form ... one of the questions under declaring income is “Income from trusts, settlements and estates”. Just to double check an inheritance doesn’t count, I…
