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Negotiating Estate Debts with High Street Bank
My dad passed away last year and left some debts in his estate: * a loan of £20k with a high street bank and * £2k on a credit card which is with a subsidiary company of the same bank. The cash he had when he died just about covered the funeral director's invoice for a standard funeral, and he had no other belongings of…
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Dads Will leaving us confused. Tenants in Common / Trust
My father has recently passed away and as far as we knew he left his entire estate to mum. However I've had a call today from a solicitor who is acting on behalf of the will writer to say that shes checked the will and my parents were tenants in common rather than joint tenants. This means half of the house, which has been…
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Minimum requirements?
My sister died on Sunday. She lived alone and was not close to anyone in the family. As far as we are aware she had no assets and possibly substantial debt. I believe she received a back payment of PIP recently and went on a bit of a spending spree, but its possible there is enough cash left to cover funeral costs. As far…
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Need help understanding Will.
Hi, Hope someone can help with this. This photo is of part of my grandfather's Will. I'm Jamie (obviously). It seems that my grandfathers intention was to leave a money from a couple of bonds to his 4 grandchildren. This was a few of years ago. There are some odd things here. I have never been contacted about the will. I…
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Can anyone direct me on this awful situation
My Father died..I had been looking after him for 7 years..my siblings acting as POAs and the Executor then ignored me and despite me writing that i needed to help with probate they completed without me...I found they had concocted a loan stipulation comprising most of my inheritance. I found out becuase I applied to the…
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Probate tech issues on government website
Posting in case anyone else is thinking its their computer or firewall etcFor anyone doing probate online, note that there are technical issues with the website (eg it fails at random points).Cryptic and useless error messages, strings of random digits 50 characters long and text "connection refused" or "Microsoft…
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shares after death
Howdy allMy question is if someone passes away on say the 1st may and have 1000 shares of a company and worth say 1000 poundsthe 1st of may value 1000 or 10th june after you obtain the probate and sell the shares share value 500/1500 up or down value what share price is what IHT people want to know ( the estate is worth…
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House sale after probate?
I am executor for my in-laws, Mum passed away in October 2019, and Dad in March 2020, probate has been granted and IHT tax declaraton submitted, whole estate being around £315k, part of which is a rented property. As my wife, her sister and Brother are the beneficiaries, can they decide together to keep the property and…
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When to apply for a Probate
The estate of my late husband is currently insolvent, but there is a Life Insurance policy currently being assesed. The Insurers will require a Grant of Probate to release the funds (there was no Trust, so all money from the policy will go into the estate and I will need to pay debts etc). I was keen to start the…
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Certainty.co.uk
Has anyone used the Will Search Combined at Certainty.co.uk? I'd be looking for previous Wills of a relative, but not sure if it's worth £114
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Writing a will before a child is born?
We're wanting to get our will sorted before our first child is due in October, and thought I'd try and use an online will writing service but it wouldn't allow me to proceed, does a child need to be named in the will or can it be written as any of our living children instead? if something was to happen before their birth…
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Land registry forms, ID and fees
I’ve looked everywhere before posting but I still have a few questions needing some help. I am the “personal representative” of my late father’s will and also the sole beneficiary. I have the necessary documents, I think, (AS1 and AP1). So here are my questions As both personal representative and sole beneficiary of the…
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To process my father's will does my mum need to post copies of all financial documents to executor?
I will try to keep this as short as possible- My father passed away 3 weeks ago, and we are now trying to get the will processed. I have seen a copy of the will, which leaves £325,000 to be split equally between myself and my 2 siblings (so £108,000 cash each), with the rest of the estate (approx £2million to be left to my…
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Discretionary trust - IHT and probate
Hello Hoping someone can advise please. This is the first time I’ve been involved in wills and probate and I’ve figured out most of it - just need a little more clarification to feel confident. Thanks! We lost one of my much loved parents (Parent A) a couple of months ago. Parent A is survived by Parent B, who is the sole…
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Stamped iht421
Hello, I applied for probate myself, sent off forms iht400/iht 421 forms to the tax office and probate forms will and death certificate to hmcts on the same day as per the instructions on the goverment website. I got form stamped for IHT421 return to my home address. I am confused do i need to sent the stamped iht421 form…
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Care Fees Deferral
I'd really appreciate any help. A very dear friend of mine - a female, 57, has just today suffered a bereavement - her Father passed away. The tragedy is compounded by the fact that her mother has dementia and is has been in a care home for the last 18 months. The mother and father own the house jointly and so the fees for…
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What happens when you notify investment holders of death.th
As acting executor (probate awaited) what happens to the investment when the organisation holding stock & share investment is told of members death?
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Confused by pensions section of estate valuation
Apologies, going anon as i am a regular user here.Completing probate for my partner who died last month :'( So first I have to do estates valuation. Most of the sections are obvious, but one part isn't, to me anyway. The online form asks about "Value of remaining pension payments being paid to the estate"I thought pensions…
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Dad's will
My dad is 84 and wants to do a will but has a few friends and relatives who have paid a lot of money to have a simple will produced. Facts are Mum and Dad are 83 and 84 respectively They own their home, value £130 000 and have assets of jewellery etc about £20 000 They have 4 children, I am one of them and he wants me to…
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Father died with no Will
Hello all, My Father died suddenly 4 weeks ago. As there had to be a PM, & with obvious delays getting the death certificate, they have only just come in. I did immediately notify DWP with regards to his attendance allowance and pension, so that side is sorted. My parents bought a Park Home in 2018 after selling their…
