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Scottish Law and legal rights
I'm looking for some advice from Scottish Law experts in regards to legal rights in my scenario below My father has recently died and left a will with all to be left to mum except he has children from previous marriages (5 of us in total, with no contact with the others for over 40 years plus) but the solicitor made us…
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Simple power of attorney
Hi my mum passed away recently leaving my dad as sole beneficiary and executor of her will His will has his (Inc her prebious) assets passing to me and 3 siblings with their solicitor as the executor From what I've seen the estate is simple and I'm reasonably adept at legal financial stuff I would be confident being…
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Donations to charity before probate
Hi I hope the probate experts can help. My brother and I are joint executors and sole beneficiaries of our mother's estate. The value of the estate is going to be over £1m from a house, ISAs, unit trusts etc. There is nothing valuable in the house. Only one item of jewellery has a resale value over £500. My brother and I…
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can an ISA be inherited as an ISA?
Hi; apologies is a stupid question and covered somewhere else.... Late mother passed away with 3 ISA's; - S&S ISA with provider A value ~£100K - S&S ISA with provider B value ~£120K - CASH ISA with provider C value ~£60K The will sets out that this part of the estate is to be divided equally between her 4 children Meeting…
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Can a spouse make a claim for a house
My mother in law recently passed away not leaving a will but with monies in a savings account and a house. My sister in laws husband is now making a claim on the monies saying it was left to him in his wife’s will, they had no children. My mother in law had lost her husband and had three children, her son passed away…
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Grant of Confirmation (probate) Property Value
Hi This post relates to Scotland And apologies if this has been already discussed. My siblings and I are in the process of obtaining a grant of confirmation for my late mother's assets. We have been looking at the DIY route as there is a will and it is relatively simple, a small house worth around 100,000 and a small…
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How to close my deceased wife bank account
My wife died in a car accident couple of months back. She does not have any assets, but she used to work as self-employed through a limited company (she is the director of this company). The company / my wife has a business bank account that linked to the company. The bank is refusing to close the bank account and give me…
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tennants in common
-my mum and her partner held tennants in common on a property ( she put in 175000, he put in 50,000 ) where it stated upon selling property they would receive their monies back and any other profit would be split 50/50 -it stated if they sold whilst alive an agreement would need to he reached on the property sale price…
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tennants in common
-my mum and her partner held tennants in common on a property ( she put in 175000, he put in 50,000 ) where it stated upon selling property they would receive their monies back and any other profit would be split 50/50 -it stated if they sold whilst alive an agreement would need to he reached on the property sale price…
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Mortgage debt out of deceased estate?
My sister recently died unexpectedly. She had a jointly-owned house with her ex-partner. There is also a joint mortgage, and the house is in negative equity. There is no mortgage insurance for this debt. She has not been with her partner for about 10 years, and has dealt exclusively with the mortgage company, often going…
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Understanding Grant of Representation
Hope someone can help, unexpectedly I received a letter from a solicitor stating an aunt I hadn't seen in over 45 years had passed away and I was one of the beneficiaries of her will. The solicitors haven't been very helpful, so I applied for a copy of the probate. My question is does the end of the statement below where…
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Choosing Attorneys for a LPOA
I am about to create my LPOAs. Widower, no dependents, live alone. I am fortunate in being on very good terms with all the members of my families. I can trust any of them. My blood relative is a brother, 3 years younger than me, with a wife and three daughters, two of whom are married, one who has children. They all live…
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Garage Rental in Wifes name Husband being told he needs to surrender it and rejoin the waiting list?
I have been dealing / helping manage my uncles affairs after his wifes death in December last year. Most of the bills / accounts were in her name so I have been in the process of getting all these changed to him. Most have gone smoothly. However, I received a letter from the local housing association requesting a contact…
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Probate delay
Hi, can anyone advise me please? My mum passed away over a year ago and named our family solicitor and my sister (who lived with my mum) as executors. We modernised the house and put it on the market for a rather higher price than I thought it was worth, but my sister Janice insisted. Obviously with prices falling as they…
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Property upon trust in will
My stepmother sadly died last year and left a will appointing my father, her eldest daughter (child x) and me to be executors and trustees of her will. The will goes on to say that "I give all my share and interest in the property at the time of my death to my Trustees UPON TRUST to sell the same and to hold the net…
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cheque query
Hi I've received a few cheque for my late father's estate payable to "dad's name deceased admin my name' Can I pay these into a bank account that is just in my name or am i going to have to send these cheques back and get them reissued? I just have a bank account in my name only for keeping all estate monies separate Many…
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Beneficiary Account
Hi I’m looking for some advice please if anyone can help. My husband a I are executors of my father in laws will. One of his grandchildren (not our child) has been included in the will to receive a substantial amount of money, but he requested in his will that she had no access to the money until she is 21. Can anyone…
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Beneficiary dies before testator
My grandmother has made a will leaving assets to her daughter (my mother) and her son. However her son (my uncle) is now very ill. What would be the situation if he predeceases my grandmother? Would her assets all pass to my mother or would my uncle's share go to his adult son? I can't seem to find a clear answer to this.…
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Funeral costs for estranged parent
Ok, bit of a long one. I saw there was another post about an estranged parent's funeral but this seems to be a little bit of a different scenario. I have been estranged from my Father for some 13 years, although one of my brothers still saw him from time to time. He passed away last week and it is time to arrange his…
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What kind of Legal Agreement?
Myself and my OH have been happily unmarried for over 20 years and hope to stay that way but if something untoward happens we have no legal agreements or wills set up. The mortgage is only in her name due to me not having an official job (I do matched betting from home for a living), but all bills are split equal.…
