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Suspected theft from grandmothers estate
So.. this is a long shot.. We have a witness who states that Five years ago when my grandmother passed away a family member (who was one of two executors) entered my grandmother’s home and took £20,00 cash and destroyed a loan agreement for another £20,000. This £40,000 was never mention in the estate balance. Neither were…
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Question about form PA15 renounce role of executor
I have a question about form PA15 where you can renounce your powers as executor. My ex wife and I are both executors for my deceased mum. My ex wife has filled in form PA15, emailed me a scan of the document and is also posting me the original. Do I need to send this original off to HMCTS Probate or just keep it? The…
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Bank account frozen following death - can money still be paid in?
My mother-in-law died earlier this week, and as a result her bank account is now frozen. She was in a residential home for a couple of years until her death, and we had been renting out her house to help towards the costs of her care. The rent has been paid by the Agents into my Mother-in-law's bank account. (My wife and…
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Inheritance tax transfer of residential enhancement
Hello, I am dealing with an estate of someone who has just died and who had property. I understand that if the property is left to children then £175,000 can be added to the reliefs before inheritance tax has to be paid. I also understood that up to a further £175,000 was available if a spouse had died and not used up the…
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No assets - is there an alternative to a power of attorney or deputy?
My father is unwell and is not likely to recover- he has some days where he is extremely confused and disorientated, other days he can be his usual self. We have been advised by his social worker to look into a power of attorney so that we may deal with his "finances" etc. However, my father does not have any finances to…
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BD8 postal address
Hi I have registered a death and have a BD8 form version 3 . I wish to post it but I cannot find the postal address to send it to on the form nor on the MSE forums nor on Google nor on gov.uk can anybody tell me where I should send it to please? many thanks
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How long is probate taking right now?
We're currently in the process of buying a house that's part of an estate going through probate. The sellers husband died without a will so they've applied for a Grant of Letters of Administration instead. The solicitor said that this application went in two weeks ago and they're pushing for the house sale to be completed…
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Current restrictions on funerals etc in English part of the country
First off - please trolls stay away and do NOT comment on this. I only want genuine replies - and NOT trolls "having a go" - yet again - because their egos demand it. First parent died 2 weeks into Lockdown and the other one (his wife-my mother) has just died too. She was in English part of the country. I am in the Welsh…
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HMRC website trying to report value of estate
Hi, Has anyone else had trouble with the HMRC website not identifying you even after you have used one of their recommended 'partner sites' to identify your identity? I am going round in circles! I get to a page that says we need to ask you some questions but when I put the info in they require it comes back with 'we…
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Inheritance tax -day or not
Reposted as suggested on cutting tax forum "My mother recently passed away and looking at her cash assets (est 490000) we will need to pay inheritance tax , the house is still in joint names as it was never sold as per divorce arrangement's 30 odd years ago so estimation of her share a further 80k ish, no stocks, shares…
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IHT question
If the deceased had a pension and a life assurance policy both with named beneficiaries which were paid out to those beneficiaries directly and without having to be added into their estate does that mean the value of those policies is not included in the calculation for IHT? Thanks in advance
