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Stepfather's will and codicil
Hi, I wonder if someone could translate some jargon? My stepfather (technically stepfather but has been in the father role since I was 6 - I am now 54) died two months ago. He and mum had mirror wills (mum died 8 years ago) leaving everything to each other and then the estate to be divided 5 ways between my siblings and i…
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Death. Small estate..what next
Hi This is my first time posting so sorry if i have made a mistake. I cannot seem to find information needed. Mother passed away(father already passed) Small estate (under £15000) in Scotland Family happy for me to do everything,as i was before parents death..money will be divided between siblings. Reading other sites it…
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Assent forms, fees and appointment.
Hello all, hoping for some help here as the Gov. and Land Registry web-sites seem to make little sense and I keep going round in circles. My mother died back in December and left a will with myself as executor and main beneficiary. She owned her own home, registered with land Registry I guess as it was bought around 5…
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Property title - both names still on LR
Father died 1998, Mother died recently. Am completing the IHT form and checked the property title with the Land Registry, it shows both names still and indicates that it was jointly owned. When Father died we didn't do probate as all was jointly owned and I thought I had notified the LR and sent death cert but clearly not!…
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House Valuation - Inheritance Tax
Any advice on how and if it is worth trying to query the district valuer or if I just have to accept his view please? I’m executor for an estate and on advice from the solicitor acting on my behalf I paid for a RICS valuation of the property. The property sold 5 months later and the District Valuer is arguing that the sold…
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Court of Protection Refund
Hi, Just looking for a bit of advice regarding the Court of Protection. I helped my mother apply for Court of Protection for my grandmother. After filling out all the forms and sent £400, the court made the order on the 19th September. We received the letter and that was dated on the 17th October. My grandmother passed…
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Life Assurance Refund
My mother passed away recently and we're in the process of sorting out the financial side. We've discovered she took out a number of life assurance policies, all of which have now lapsed. The company concerned have confirmed that as the policies have lapsed, that no claims will be entertained. I've heard it said that in…
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Difficult co-executor
2 executors named in Will of their deceased parent. One has not participated in anything so far but flatly refuses to renounce. Probate/tax forms will be ready to send off any day now (DiY - simple estate). It's possible the Will gives the executors the power to delay the sale of property until they see fit (5…
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Solicitor or D.I.Y. problem
Hi, I am trying to find out what my friend can do about the following situation: Following the death of his mother without a will, my friend Dave and his brother and sister are going to inherit the estate. It's total value is approx £100,000, made up from the value of the house and £10,000 savings. Dave's brother and…
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Grave ownership question
Hello I really hope someone can help me.. my nan and her husband brought a burial plot and paid for their funerals in advamce. My nan passed away and was buried thwre and her husbamd brought a double headstone which he had put on. He died years later and was buried in the same plot and all ok. The headstone was removed…
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Insensitive creditor
My wife died recently. For what it's worth, we were separated but still legally married. I contacted her bank as next of kin and froze her account. Their truly excellent Bereavement Support Department explained that Direct Debits would go unpaid - but creditors would be given an explanation why. So far so good. I have…
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Beneficiary of dec'd estate and access to house
I wonder if anyone can help. My father died leaving a will naming myself and my children as joint beneficiaries. The executors are my cousin and my late father's girlfriend. Probate was granted 2 months ago. The house now needs selling. I've been denied access to the house. I was told by the Citizens advice bureau that I…
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Scottish will. How do I renounce my legal rights?
As a child of the deceased who lived and died in Scotland (my dad) I have a legal right to a percentage of the moveable estate. Dad had made a will which leaves everything to mum and we both wish that to be the case, and to renounce our legal right to the %. I wonder if my brother and I have to formally renounce that legal…
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Gratuaity moveable estate
Can anyone advise if a gratuity payment to a friend who cared for the deceased would be deductible from from the movable estate or the entire estate?
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5 siblings 1has mental health issues
Hi me and my sister are 2 of 5 siblings who are executioners of my mothers estate husband died 10 years ago any advice would be great as thinking myself to get a laywer .i have probate granted now dividing the estate.. heres my problem 1 of my brothers has mental issues and i want to do whats right for everyone .
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Husband deceased with debts - Pension help please
My Brother died in January this year and left debts in the way of a personal loan and credit card. His wife is the executor of his estate and I`m trying to help her with the funeral and financial side of things. I`m trying to help others on this forum so i will keep the question concise and create more individual threads…
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Husband deceased with debts - Banking help?
My Brother died in January this year and left debts in the way of a personal loan and credit card. His wife is the executor of his estate and I`m trying to help her with the funeral and financial side of things. I`m trying to help others on this forum so i will keep the question concise and create more individual threads…
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Renunciation of Probate
Hello All I would like to clarify a point re Solicitors as named Executors and Renunciation of Probate so that the other named executor might undertake the process without exorbitant fees. My mother's cousin was hospitalised in January '17 and on admission, finally made a will that he had been thinking about doing for…
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Advice really needed - death of partner
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help as I'm feeling very lost and confused .. my partner died intestate 8 weeks ago. There is no property; only joint bank accounts which have passed to me, a dependents pension and a small annuity which is guaranteed for the next 5 years. Although he believed I would be the beneficiary of this,…
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LPOA refund agreed
As most will know those who applied one in the last four years are entitled to a refund. Yesterday I received confermation that mine had been agreed and would be paid within ten working days. Make sure you dont miss out.
