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Tracing a joint owner for deceased property
My friend recently passed away and left me as her executor and beneficiary. In a complicated situation, the house is still in joint ownership with the friend she purchased it with 20 years ago. This friend moved to Australia after the first year and, because of delays with the mortgage company (Bank of Ireland) sending…
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Inheritance Headache
Hi Everyone, Looking for some assistance here. Our mother passed last August 2020. Her estate was less than 50k (excluding the house which they jointly owned) and her bank accounts were passed to her husband our father. While we are still going through her paperwork we now find ourselves in an unfortunate position. My…
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what is the value of remaining pension payments being paid to the estate
Sorry one question on filling out the estimation of value for an estate I am stuck on. Value of remaining pension payments being paid to the estate £x.xx I dont understand what this means?
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Joint tenancy when estimating an estate
Hi I am helping my mother apply for probate following sad passing of my father at the end of last year. I am stuck on answering the following, if my parents were joint tennants they belived this would mean they both owend 100%. If true do I need to value the house and place a value below or can I put £0.00 as dads value?…
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Selling Property After Death of Father & Splitting Sale Proceeds between Adult Children
My sister in law recently lost her Father and has been named sole executor of his will. One of the more complex matters of his estate is the sale of his house since he and her Mother divorced but the Mother was still on the title deeds to the property. She has no interest in any of the proceeds of the sale and wants all…
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Looking to the future and when a house should be tranferred in name after being left by a parent
Hi folks I'm live with my mother who is ill at home.I'm her carer.I recently made a post about inheritance tax as I have lived in the home all of my life and was worried about such matters but I had some good help from the people on here.I'm an executor on mums will so willl have loads to do when the time comes,but one…
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Pre-paid funeral plan shortfall - who pays?
I am dealing with step-dad's death for my mum. He had a pre-paid funeral policy which covered all except two items of the actual funeral, the funeral car and orders of service. At the time of death the funeral policy company were immediately notified and they engaged the funeral director. Everything went well until the…
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Inheritance
Hi , my late father passed away in 2011. Myself and sister are Excuters to the will. After probate we put all the inheritance money into an Executors account. We all taken our share and left to siblings with much less share. Was because another siblings wanted to borrow 8K from the accounts. To buy my dad's house.…
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Inheritance advice
Hi , my late father passed away in 2011. Myself and sister are Excuters to the will. After probate we put all the inheritance money into an Excuters account. We all taken our share and left to siblings with much less share. Was because another siblings wanted to borrow 8K from the accounts. To buy my dad's house.…
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Buying out beneficiary
We are selling a house that's just gone through probate, the 3 executors are also beneficiaries. Two of us want to change to a free online agent to save fees. We have just had an offer of 25k below asking price and the other executor wants to take it and be rid of us, and not go through the online agent. This person only…
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Will I need probate?
Will I need probate on first death of elderly parents? My elderly parents own their house as tenants in common and created a will trust immediate post death interest.On first death their share of the property will pass to my brother and myself. The trust ends on both deaths. Will I still need to do probate on first death…
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"Free" wills for key workers - legit?
I saw an advert recently for a free will making service for key workers, and as both myself and my partner are keyworkers (NHS and DWP respectively), I am interested in this. I contacted them, and they confirmed that they are indeed doing free wills for key workers and I have an appointment in a couple of weeks. However, I…
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Who's in charge during settling of estate?
My FIL's sister died in July (in England). Her only living relative was my FIL (in Scotland). She died single, no kids and with no will. FIL employed the services of a solicitor in her hometown to deal with the estate. In August my FIL (& MIL) passed away whilst estate was being settled, so all correspondence now comes to…
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If there is no Will, do you still need Probate
Hi, My FIL passed in 2007 and my MIL always stated he never had a Will. My husband and his mother have never had a good relationship and just kept telling my husband that his father never had a will and didn't have anything to leave him. Now, my MIL and FIL were very comfortable and we are sure that my FIL was on the…
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Beneficiary payment into joint bank account?
Is it legitimate to make a beneficiary's payment into a joint bank account please? Or do they need to have an account in their sole name? Also is there a template online somewhere for a letter to use when distributing legacies and requesting a signed receipt for the payment? Thanks in advance.
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No Probate
Hello I'm just looking for a little advice, sadly my father passed away in October 2020 and left a will and naming his children (four of us) the two eldest are executors and they have signed a waiver saying they don't wish to post probate notices. So just wondering what happens next, so does his estate go into probate now…
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Applying for probate online
Hi We are having some agro getting to the online form for apply for probate. We go through all the eligibility questions and we end up at a; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-pa1p-apply-for-probate-the-deceased-had-a-will On this page is a link titled Apply for probate online this form takes us back to;…
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Inheritance of family home
I have a couple of queries regarding inheritance of a family home. The house was owned by my parents as joint tenants so my mother became the surviving owner on the death of my father in 2016. At that time, we were advised that we did not need to do anything to notify land registry. My mother has now passed away and her…
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Residential nil rate band transfer
Hello, I have a query on the transfer of residential nil rate band; If spouse A owns a property solely and dies and leaves everything to spouse B. Spouse B as already has a property in his own name Once spouse B dies can their son who is also the executor claim the transfer of spouse A rnrb and also claim the rnrb for…
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Getting car insurance for deceased relatives' car prior to probate and being able to sell it.
Hi. Need some advice please. Need to get the car insured for approx 6 months whilst waiting for probate. I am the executor of an estate. Insurance runs out in a couple of days and enquiries with insurance people so far have drawn a blank they are not interested as car is parked at deceased's residency which is unoccupied…
