-
Advice needed on challenging a will
My mother passed away toward the end of last year. We hadn't spoken in 5 years. I wrote to her telling her I wanted no more contact with her after I outed my brother 'A' as a !!!!!phile. She took his side and the situation became intolerable for me. He completely manipulated her into believing him. I've just received a…
-
How long do I need to keep paparework?
My mum died in January 2015. My husband and I were executors, probate was granted last July, the estate has been distributed. I have files of paperwork relating to her building society accounts, etc, obviously now all closed. Can I now dispose of this stuff?
-
Right to see spouse's Will
My wife of 25 years has become secretive and uncooperative regarding our joint financial situation. Needless to say the whole marriage is not in a good place currently. Most recently though, she has gone and had her latest Will drafted. Although the agreement we previously reached was that both of us would get 'mirror'…
-
In a pickle, bad relationship as executors
Complicated. My mother left her estate in trust, naming myself & brother as executors. (Two other siblings named as well as ourselves then in the Will). Myself & brother have not had a relationship since my father died 15 years ago, until my mother became ill. At this point in time he had to follow out requests my father…
-
What rights does she have?
My father died 2 years ago, leaving a will. The house, where he lived with a lady he was not married to, was his. He left the house to me and my sister, who are both executors, but he included a clause in his will saying the lady may live there until she dies and that we cannot sell the house without her consent. The will…
-
Help Please! Should I back out of will writer 'deal'?
Hello. I need a bit of quick advice before I let a Direct Debit Mandate get submitted. I've had a salesman round from a will writing firm. I was stopped in the street a couple of months back and made an appointment. I naively thought I was going to be visited by a solicitor. The deal was that for a £40 donation to the Air…
-
Estate and my late partners business
Hi I don't know if anyone knows where I stand, my late partner held a lease on a shop where he ran his business, he was responsible for maintaining the shop and by the time he passed away the shops roof needed replacing. My solicitor has since received a bill from the landlord who owns the shop for 30k, to come from his…
-
Financial Advisor/'STEP' Lawer/Trust Fund+++
By default we have inherited from our son, we cannot keep it. It's the wrong thing to do, all the wrong way round & hideously traumatic. No Will (nor partner/children). His brother has been well taken care of via the employer pension/death in service benefit payout, he was named as sole beneficiary & we are perfectly fine…
-
Estate settled, solicitor asking for some money to be paid back.
My mum died two years ago and her partner, with whom she had been living for several decades died very shortly after. They had wills leaving everything to each other and thence to the children of both parties. My two sisters and myself were beneficiaries on Mum' side and one of them was appointed as one of two executors.…
-
Inheritance money and property.
I'm asking this for a friend of mine as she is not online, so I said I'd do it for her. Her sister died and the estate is divided between her and her brother, probate has been granted, but the solicitor has said that all the estate has to be together before distribution. Now her sister had a house, mortgage free, which is…
-
Order of service and Flowers - necessary cost or luxury
My father passed away last week, I've ended up taking the role of executator, on, my mum can't cope with the role. Moneywise - he has a small insurance policy, unlikely to cover the costs, I'm in the process of trying to get a funeral grant, .... now he passed we've been told that my mum will be entitled to pension credit,…
-
Complicated case
Sorry if this is long but bear with me. My uncle died in January. They left a park home (which I have found out doesn't need to go through probate as it doesn't go on land registry). My uncle didn't leave a will, never married and had no kids so half should go to his mum and half to his dad. Well it's been going on and on…
-
Co-executor refusing to renounce role
Greetings all, Trying to sort out my mother's estate and I've come up against a problem which I'd welcome thoughts/advice on please. Back story is that my both myself and my sister are named as joint executors in her Will. My sister hasn't had anything to do with her for well over a decade, didn't go to funeral and even…
-
Do I need a solicitor
I inherited my dads house jointly,with my sister last July.Due to my living in scotland and the house being near London , my sister did all the paperwork, applied for and was granted probate. The house has been occupied by my niece all that time with a view to her buying it.Finally after all this time I hear she has been…
-
Executor account and other question
My brother and I are executors and sole beneficiaries of our fathers will. Our father recently moved into sheltered accommodation and his house put on the market and it is currently "Sale Agreed". There estate is worth less than £325K and so no IHT is due. Our father passed away last week and it looks like I will be the…
-
Probate and tenants in common
My father in law died recently and has left everything to his wife. All their assets such as bank accounts etc are in joint names so automatically become sole accounts but some years ago they severed their joint tenancy of their house and became tenants in common. The house and assets will not be of sufficient value to…
-
House clearance issue
Deleted post.
-
Living in house for 8 years since parent died
Been living in my parents house since 2008 and have the leasehold in my name. I have been paying for all the upkeep on the property and repairs. I have siblings and we aren't in touch at all. My question is how long do I have to live in the property before it becomes mine outright if the probate isn't ever settled? Is this…
-
Executor not showing the will to beneficiaries.....
Hi, My Grandad passed away in March this year and he openly told myself, brother and sister that we are named beneficiaries in his will. The executor is my grandads sister who we havent met before the funeral, and has told us that the will is held at the solicitors. After a phonecall to the solicitors to ask about the…
-
Should I make my own will due to arguments
Hoping someone could kindly help me.......... This is my situation, my partner and I are unmarried, we have been living with each other for 13 years, we both have children from previous relationships, he has 3 from a marriage and I have one child with an ex partner (I have never been marrid) We both have paid equal amounts…
