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Parent Dies before Grandparent - Where does the inheritance go?
I appreciate questions like this are always complex :) But if anyone can help we would be grateful. I have a terminally ill friend who has just been told her mother has not long to go too :( My Friend along with her 2 sisters are all named as EQUAL beneficiaries in the will to inherit the estate. We are talking around…
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Question for my dad regarding his will.
My sister in laws mum died recently and when she and her sister visited the solicitor he asked if either of them were bankrupt or facing bankruptcy. Neither of them are but when my dad heard this he became concerned about his will. Apparently he has made a will leaving everything divided between me and my 2 siblings.…
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Incompetence (or worse) by a will Executor - who to complain to?
The basic question is not perhaps as simple as it might seem. i) Who is responsible for overseeing or ensuring that the Executor of a will discharges the duties and obligations properly and correctly? ii) If there is doubt or concern, to whom should any query or complaint be addressed? iii) how does the situation, and any…
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Grant Of Probate
Hi All, I am hoping someone can give me some info. Basically to give you the back story my girlfriend and I are buying a property and unfortunately one of the sellers passed away just before we could exchange. Basically the grant of probate has now come in, and i was wondering what is the next step? Will we be able to…
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Splitting an appreciating asset based on past loan values
Morning! This is my little mathematical challenge :-) * 4 children to receive equal shares of a house on the death of the owner (parent) * 3 of the children have received cash loans of different values already * 1 of the children has received no loan * House owner (parent) wants to achieve some form of equality * Proposal…
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Finding out the cause of death
2 years ago, a friend of mine died. It was sudden and unexpected. Nobody seems to know how he died. Nothing was mentioned at the funeral. None of our friends seem to know. His facebook page is filled with messages asking what happened. It seems only his parents know. It's been 2 years now and I'm still really disturbed by…
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Probate Query.
Advice please. A mother dies and leaves property and total assets,approx £300k to her only 2 children,daughters in their 50's. No debts. Probate granted and property on the market.Solicitor dealing with Probate advises that no monies will be paid out until 6 months after the sale? Never heard of this before.Any advice…
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Deed of variation
Hello all Could someone please tell me how I would go about applying/obtaining a deed of variation on my fathers will? It is very straight forward in that there is no inheritance tax or capital gains involved, all beneficiaries are in agreement and probate has been completed. Thanks in advance. Andy
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will
If someone with three children two sons and a daughter makes a will to leave equal amounts to each, then the daughter dies bit the will is not changed ,does the money go to the remaining living children (her two sons) or if the daughter has a living husband would it go to him, or would it go to living children of the…
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No response to Larke v Nugus letter
I sent a L v N letter to my relative about 5 months ago. Relative wrote the will himself. No solicitor involved. Relative instructed a solicitor who said we should provide witness statements (we have witnesses who the deceased told their wishes to). We said that we want the responses to the L v N letter so we can determine…
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Beneficiary queries
My great aunt bequeathed her house to my mum in her will some 8/10 years back in her will along with £300,000 in savings to 3different charities after all tags etc were paid on her death. This will was drafted up in the local solicitors office and present were my mum, dad, great aunt and solicitor. Great aunty ended up…
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Intestacy
Hi everyone, Looking for some more advice - we are dealing with the estate of my late Grandad, however it appears that the will *may* be invalid due to signature issues. The will divided his assets amongst his four children. If the rules of Intestacy apply, his wife will inherit it all. Now, she has said that she has…
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Refusal to hand dads personal items over
My dad died last year, He still lived in the same house as my Mom since there divorce in 1974. They lived separate lives. I got the probate so that i could sort things out. At 1st my mom was ok so we gave her 16,000 out of the money that he had left, now she has had this she wont let us have any of his personal items or…
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Have you ever chosen your own tombstone?
Question as above.
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Husband died my tax code reduced to 525l why?
hello, hoping someone can help me understand my new tax code. My husband died 3 weeks ago and we have a 3 yr old so DWP have written to me awarding me widowed parents allowance. The letter said notify the tax office which I have just done and they have changed my tax code from 1060l to 525l. Surely this means I am even…
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Splitting inheritance50/50 problem
Hi, and first of all, yes I know I will need legal advice, just interested if anyone has any advice or experienced this... Mum recently died leaving everything 50/50 between me and my sister (as outlined in her will). Mum has two properties, one slightly higher value than the other. The estate will be eligible for IHT.…
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Sister won't show will
We are four sisters whose parents died within 29 days of each other in April. The elder sister did everything in her power to stop the two younger sisters from playing any part in the funeral including not allowing us in the family car. We did not expect anything from the will but now we have been told that my mother named…
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Applying for Letters of Administration with Will
My Auntie just died and I was her attorney for 7 years. Having looked at all the paperwork and thought about appointing a lawyer I decided to do it myself. The two executors appointed in the will had already died. Filling in the PA1 was okay but the IHT400 was quite tricky as there are extra forms for pensions, shares,…
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Joint ownership severed at death
Hello. I'm new here but hopefully somebody can advise. My Father died a year ago and everything passed to my Mum as present in his will. They have a small joint mortgage, with both their names on the title deeds,which is continuing to get paid. The building society have sent several letters asking for a Solicitor's letter…
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Wills and lifetime service support - are they worth it?
Hi, my first time posting and I’m just looking for some opinions and advice. GENERALLY speaking, how does everyone feel about lifetime will writing services? NOT any specify company, just the general notion of a will writing service providing a lifetime support which might include:- *storing your will without extra charge…
