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Deaths, funerals & probate
Archives for May 2017
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Something called a nil rate fund - what to do?
Hi folks, you may be able to suggest my next steps! I'm executing my parents' mirror wills, drawn up in 2007. They both refer to something called a "nil rate fund". The solicitor who drew them up, a sole practioner, now retired, told me that a nil rate fund would have been a useful tool back then, when unused nil rate band…
Will Phone and Energy Companies always cancel the deceased's contracts?
Hello Will Phone and Energy Companies always cancel the deceased's contracts at no charge even if they still have several months to run? As you know phone contracts typically run for 18 months and some fixed energy tariffs have an exit fee if you leave them early. If not will they make a claim against the dead persons…
Probate Question
Hi, I'm new to this site, my mum died in 2015 and her will left everything to my father, I was looking after my father, who had Dementia. I closed her bank accounts and moved the contents to my fathers current account. She also had some money invested, they informed me I needed probate to move that money, because I was…
A positive note from an Executor
Good evening all, I have used this forum for the past year seeking advice and reading others experiences regarding willls, probate etc. I was appointed executor to my mums estate & a joint beneficiary with my 2 older brothers. Not only did I have the estate in the UK but an estate in italy to sort through, the latter being…
Section 36 offer
A very threatening solicitor has sent me one of these to try and pressurise me into varying the will of my late mother.This is his latest attempt to get information out of me in a long line of threatening,factually incorrect and downright nasty letters He has no grounds whatsoever for doing so but there is a very…
Advice- sMall estate, no will
Hi looking for some advice. An elderly relative has passed - the estate that only consists of bank funds is intestate. The building society have said that as there's under £30k in the bank they can transfer the money straight into a relative's bank account on production of a death certificate. As the deceased's only child…
Need to get a certified copy of a will
I have the original copy of my Mum's will. She only died recently and we have not been able to register her death yet nor start the probate process but one organisation we have contacted wants a certified copy of the will. How do I obtain certified copies?
Uncashed 17 year old cheque in dads effects
Hi, My dad passed away 9 years ago, but was seriously ill for years before he passed. While clearing out my mums house prior to her going to care home for respite, I found and uncashed CGI (now Aviva) cheque for £6k I contacted Aviva (they changed their name to Aviva from CGI some years ago), but they were less than…
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