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Financial irregularities prior to death -will help
Imagine a scenario…… An elderly gentleman dies aged 90. He has two executors to his will, a son and a daughter. Upon his death the son is surprised to see how little money remains in his fathers savings account. Upon analysing the transactions, tens of thousands of pounds have been withdrawn over the previous two years,…
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pensionclaim
Hi, my wife passed away suddenly and unexpectedly before Christmas, please can some tell me if i am able to carry on with a claim through Profile Pensions that my wife started ??
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Property left to Beneficiary in trust
My step mother recently died and left her house to be divided between her 4 children, both biological and none....She had a further property that is tenanted. Her will states that her son can have use of the tenanted property (either the income it generates or live there himself) in his lifetime, but that the flat is in…
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Barclays Track it for bereavement
Has anyone used Barclays Track it service for monitoring the closure of an account after a death? I have a Track it ID and know the password, but I can't see anything on the track it drop down menu related to bereavement or closing an account to select to enable me to log into it. Anyone know how to access it in this…
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Name on Title Deeds
I am married (19 years), together for 25 years, and have a question regarding legal standpoint of not having my name on the deeds of "our" flat. The flat was actually bought for us by my husbands uncle outright as a gift and the deeds were put in my OH name (we were not married at this point). We have never bothered adding…
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Will - Scotland
My estranged father passed away and I was contacted by a law firm advising of the death and informing me they were appointed to deal with his funeral and estate. All correspondence to date has been by email and I have never formally been contacted by them in writing - so besides asking them outright - am I in his will. How…
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Cheque made payable to..." Estate of...."
Hi, My Aunt lost her Husband several months ago and we are looking advice on a problem she has encountered. They both have/had wills made out stating that whoever passed first, the other person received the whole estate. My uncle had shares from a company called CBA while he worked in New Zealand many years ago. We…
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Mutual Will Query
Evening, does anyone have any knowledge/experience of mutual wills and property inheritance? My partner's aunt thought she would 100% inherit a (jointly owned) flat when her husband died, but her solicitor says their joint tenancy will revert to 'tenants in common' as they had mutual wills, (which will now give an…
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Interim payment from Will
I have written previously about this when my late fiances Will was potentially being contested by his sister in law (Dependents Act - she believed he had not adequately provided for his children). Probate was granted in June 17 and following 6 months wait, the contesting all came to nothing. I have downloaded a copy of the…
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Unoccupied house following death
Mother has passed on to higher and greater things. Her bungalow is now empty, I have managed to continue the current house insurance at present but all companies want it inspected every 7 days. Unfortunately I live 3 hours away and am going to find it difficult - has anyone used any companies / organisations to check on…
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Death of Great Aunt - rules if intestacy
Hi everyone, My Dads aunt died recently and there is no estate as such, other than some cash in the care home - which I believe is the Personal expense allowance which has built up over the years she has been in the home. My Dad organized the funeral and related expenses such as a small amount for catering after the…
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Solicitor missing inheritance for 8 years!
Looking to see if anyone has experience of a solicitor missing part of the estate during probate then not contacting you for years. We completed probate on my fathers estate 8 years ago, everything went to my mother and was sold and subsequently invested for her (significant amount of shares and investments) We have now…
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Not sure what to do.
My mother-in-law (who was a widow) has recently passed away. My husband who is an only child and I both had lasting power of attorney, as his mum had dementia. There is no will. My poor husband is himself very ill and has terminal cancer and isn't well enough to do whatever is necessary. I have always dealt with his mums…
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Will trusts
My husband and I are executors and trustees of the wills of both my parents. My father left money in trust for first my mother to have the interest in her lifetime and then my disabled sister in her lifetime. My mother has since died and again she has left money for my sister to receive the interest in her lifetime. The…
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A few Questions, Advice Needed.
Hi all. I'm after some advice to put my mind at rest. I'll be ringing my solicitor in the morning for an appointment but I want to do some research first so I know what to ask him. (Google is giving me millions of pages, which isn't helpful!) Quick background - Dad died recently, leaving 4 daughters from 2 marriages. 3+4…
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Debts to pay after dads death
Dad has recently died and has left debts to be paid. The property he and my mum have has an interest only mortgage and is tenants in common. In order to pay these debts from dads part of the estate the house will need to be sold. Probate has just been granted. My question is, is there a time frame in which the debtors have…
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How do i do this?
Hi,i am looking for the best and cheapest way to handle this. My father died recently and there is a will where his estate is left to my mother. Sadly,mum has dementia and is in a care home permanently now. What action do i take re Estate. Thank you in advance for any help.
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Changes to ill?
Hi, Am I right to think that changes to a will must involve all the executors? My wife is joint Ex. with her brother. He says that another sibling has been written out of the will whilst Mother was mentally fit and well. If this is true, surely my wife should have been informed. thanks. Ps Will!
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The will of a child-free/ child-less person
Hubby and I are currently child free, and as you may see from other threads, are likely to continue to be so. MSE recent poll about wills has got us thinking that we should probably write wills..... We could be crazy cat people and leave our estate to cats protection......but.... If it's not too insensitive to ask, those…
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Query on insolvent estate
Hi, this is more of a general query as I'm curious. I see a lot of advice about the dangers of intermeddling in an insolvent estate. 1. If the executor thinks the estate is insolvent and then washes their hands of it who then deals with the estate in terms of closing bank accounts, recovering any money owed, settling…
