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Left The House In My Late Mum's Will But My Sisters Refuse To Sell It-HELP!
My mother died 2 months ago in November 2015 and she has left both her house and a small sum of money to myself and my 2 younger sisters in her will. My 2 sisters are both the executives of the will, but I am not. But my mum has included me in her will and left the house to the 3 of us and we each get a third of…
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Money in trust from will
My Mil died in November, her will leaves her property in trust for her husband to live in, when he dies the property is to be divided between MIL's 4 sons. As one of the four sons who is one of the executors is being very difficult my husband and two of his brothers have been asked to pay the legal bill up front for the…
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What happens next?
My 85 year old Mother passed away in July 2015. Unfortunately, my two sisters forgot to tell me. Neither did they inform me of the funeral arrangements. In fact, they told no one in the family - grandchildren, great grandchildren, nephews, nieces or in laws. Shortly before my Mother passed away, I was diagnosed with a life…
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Executor Nightmare
First of all, sorry its a long post. Sadly my mother died in Feb 2014, my sister was named as Executor in the will. Her son lived at my mothers house, as well as her other 2 sons from time to time over a period of time 30 yrs, as they left my sister family home, for various reasons My sister also cared for my mother and…
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Probate issue
Probate has been obtained for an estate I'm working on - with an estimated value for property used for the submission. The property has now been valued at around 15k less than was entered on the probate forms. Do I need to notify the Probate office of the change? There are no IHT implications. Thanks
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Sensitive housing matter following bereavement
Hi all, Thanks in advance for reading and any advice that you may be able to offer My situation is that I have recently been left my mum's home following her passing away last month. The executor of the will is in the process of dealing with probate so the house has not been legally transferred to me yet. Currently my son…
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Care costs
.Sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread, but my mind is all over the place at the moment. My Mum and step dad own a small house, valued at around £50k. A few months ago my step dad went into a care home, and my Mum stayed in their house. My step dad has a private pension from his former employer of about £600 per…
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Handling the estate after death
My dear old Mum passed away recently after an illness and my sister and I are joint executors (I have another sister as well) The will is simple with the estate being shared between the 3 of us. Mum had a house (no mortgage) and various bank accounts. The final total will be under the inheritance tax threshold. The will…
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Reluctant executor what to do
Hello, I posted in the housing thread about the house that has been left as part of the estate and the issue of stamp duty new rules. I am now seeking advice from the good people on here about how to deal with a reluctant executor so that the estate can be finalised. Background is that last parent passed away 18 months…
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2 Choices
Dear Fellow Moneysavers, Any advice on this issue? The scenario is... A parent dies, leaving the family home to their six children. There are two options. 1. Selling the house and dividing the proceeds up six ways. 2. Some of the children retaining the house and buying out the stakes of the others. How would you advise…
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Car Lease
Hi, My brother in law recently passed away unexpectedly, he had a car on lease they are now telling us we will have to pay £6000 to return the car, or get someone take it over or pay £16,000 to keep it. I find this unbelievable and disgusting. Anybody have any advice please. :mad:
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Advice please - adding a person to prperty title deeds
Hi All Trying to be succinct here. My mother owns her home outright, it has been in the family for a few generations. We recently found that my uncle who was also part owner of the property (and who died 21 years ago!) had not been removed from the title deeds, even though we have written indication from the solicitors…
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equity and repossession question
Hi All, following the recent death of my mother as an executor I have started to sort out the estate. There is an equity release mortgage to pay off which whilst taking a significant chunk should leave a significant residue to share amongst beneficiaries, being four siblings (sons and daughters) of which I am one. Just…
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Messy estate
My Father is currently terminally ill and we do not believe he has long to live. Unfortunately in the past he has been very controlling of my Mother, who is in her seventies now. He has controlled all financial affairs and been very secretive about almost everything. Despite our frustration over this she's just been so…
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Please make a will!
Just a plea to everyone - make a will. Making a will is so simple, you can forget about it immediately, but it is there when needed. One thing we all know for certain - we are not here for ever. Last evening I was talking to a friend whose husband died very suddenly at the end of November. We went to the funeral in…
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Inheritace and gifts or loans
My MIL recently passed away. OH and BIL are the main beneficiaries ( with small amounts to grandchildren.)BIL has admitted to solicitors that he has borrowed about £20,000 from her in the last 5 years. Can OH have this added to his share of the inheritance? In other words should he get £10 k more when the money is divided…
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D-i-y Lasting Power of Attorney
My husband and I are in our sixties and think we should both organise Lasting Power of Attorney - both types - finance and health and welfare - so that if either of us becomes incapacitated (and only then) the other can act on our behalf. We would like to arrange it so that when one of us dies, the LPA for the survivor…
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Probate Scotland
My mother died 11 days ago. She had a will leaving everything to me and my brother. My brother is like a steam train wanting to get everything done today. I am still grieving and really can't deal with anything right now. My brother wants to get the probate done and the house on the market asap do things really need to be…
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What next?! Help!
Hello all, Hoping someone can give me some advice, it's about my partners grandfather who has passed away. He was in a council run care home and as far as we know the council had power of attorney. Now he has passed away we need to know what we need to do next? He has not left a will and of course we now need to organise…
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Executor of Will
The scenario:- Husband dies and leaves behind wife and his Sister Sister is the executor to his Will and doesn`t get on with wife Who has the ultimate say in what happens to his personal possessions ? Wife or his sister ?
