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nhs survivor guide help
I'm trying to understand some wording the Nhs survivor guide that can be found here https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2018-05/Survivors%20Guide%20%28V8%29%2005.2018.pdf before you say call them for explanation, I have multiple times and they are unbelievably not informed on the subject. long story short…
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Advice please re interim payment?
Is an executor able to make a small interim payment to the main beneficiary ahead of probate being granted? I am the main beneficiary of my mum’s will. The executor is a family friend of my mum who knows nothing of her personal finances etc, nor did he see her in her final year of life. So I have been helping him piece…
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Property Inheritance advice
My wife has just passed away. We're not long married and she has a son over 18 (just) . There's no will. I dont want the property or any part of it. Its never been mine and he should keep his family home. Can I decline my inheritance and have it pass straight to him. Other issue is I have an unsecured debt of about 5k from…
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Backdating IHT
I have been sorting probate for my Dad's estate, which is fairly straightforward apart from having some money in a trust, originally HMRC sent quite a large tax demand but after some correspondence and many phone calls they have reduced it to a much smaller sum which has now been paid. I have received a letter from HMRC…
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Deceased Persons property
Hi, sorry if this is the wrong forum but I wasn’t sure were to post. I have a reclusive Uncle that has passed away. My contact with him was limited to a Christmas card once a year and that was how he liked it. Any further contact would be rejected. Sadly he has passed away and I found out from heir hunters touting for…
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waiver of inventory and bond question USA
Anyone know about USA law? We have received a notice to waive administration etc, however it also adds waive inventory and waive surety bond. The USA solicitor dealing with this says bonds are not issued when dealing with intestate. Does anyone know if that is true? Solicitor nominated an administrator who we are refusing…
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Stamp Duty on inherited house.
Hello, I'm trying to sort the estate of my wife who passed away without a will, all going smoothly until I get to property and am unsure what to do next, the .gov website has been quite useful but it said I need to send a copy of the Stamp Duty certificate to the Land Registry.…
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Insuring A Deceased Family Members Property?
Hi, I'm new to the MSE Forum and have been reading through a lot of the threads in this area of the forum but haven't found anything on insuring a unoccupied property . My uncle passed away suddenly in his house a month ago, we eventually got the keys to the property from the police, got all of his paperwork that we could…
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money from estate
my mum wants to give one of my siblings money from their estate i have told her to get a contract form as she dosent want the hassle of changing the will do one of you lovely lot know of a form i can download for them to do that please as not really sure what i am looking for tia x
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Inheritance query
Hi all, I’m not sure I am posting this in the right section so please correct me if not, it’s also a little complicated so I hope it makes sense. My boyfriends grandmother passed away several years ago. His grandfather moved abroad to live with my boyfriends father and stepmother in Cyprus after this happened and then…
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Probate
Some advice please. My mother has sadly just passed away - i am expecting to get the death certificate any day. i am sole executor with 3 beneficiaries split equally. I will obviously write to all bank accounts advising of the death, i assume i then add up the estate value then apply for probate. Do the banks release all…
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Owner or TIC?
How do I know if the house owned by my parents is owned jointly by them or if they were Tenants in Common (TIC)??? Will this be written into the deeds or does it have to be worded exactly within the will? Asking as Father recently died and not sure if Mother is now sole owner or because he stipulated his assets be shared…
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Getting copy of will
Hi, When dad died in 2016 he left a will, but my step mother has never allowed any of the family to see this. All I have been told is that none of us have been mentioned in the will. Dad had alzhemers before he died. I have never really seen eye to eye with my stepmother. She has been in dad's life for many years and has…
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Advice on inheritance money from a will
Hi, I am writing today on behalf of my partner and money that she feels that her, her sister and aunty was entitled to from their grandfather. Recently, we borrowed money from my partners father to pay off a deposit on a house. We are both financially stable but struggled to gather enough money together to save for the…
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Inheritance advice please
Hello there, A friend of mine has just heard that her estranged husband has died. He left her 30 years ago and she brought up his three children without any financial help from him. He has left all his inheritance to the eldest child (who only kept in touch hoping that this would be the case!). However my friend never…
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Will, Co-Executors, Property and Probate
Hi, My wife is a co-executor along with her mother, to her grandmothers will. Her grandmother very sadly passed away recently. We were told that a property, items, shares and money has been left to my wife with the remainder of the money going to her mother, who has already been active as executor. The death has been…
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Deed of variance questions
Hi everyone, I have a few questions about a DoV. My brother and I are joint executors and sole beneficiaries of our mother's estate. He has two children over 18 and I have one over 18 and a 15 year old. We are both thinking about a DoV to pass some of our share of the inheritance to our children. 1. Can we make two DoV at…
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Next steps post probate
Hi, forms were submitted about a month ago to obtain probate. Once probate is granted what are the next steps regarding account balances etc. There are a couple of properties involved and these will not be sold and continue to be rented, I guess that’s just a case of transferring ownership? Thanks
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Advice please
My father has recently died and in his will he has left his 50% share of the house to his 3 adult children. My elderly mother still lives in the house but it needs to be sold to enable her to relocate to a rental property nearer to where we live. The house has currently been valued at£125,00. I am am one of the named…
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Larke v Nugus waiting and waiting.
Brief outline. Family war. 2 sisters and a brother all hate each other. Don't even speak to each other. Mother not spoken to daughter 2 for 20 years. Mother dies. She made 2 wills in her last years. Will number 1, total estate to son. ( brother who hardly saw her but managed to get his wife to butter her up) Will number 2.…
