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Son/daughter names were added to house deeds - do we need probate?
Mum added myself and my sister to the house deeds (via Land Registry) around 10 years ago. Mum passed a few weeks ago so we are sorting out al the paperwork etc. As we are named co-owners (I assume that's what it means?) do we still need to have probate completed if we wanted to sell the house (it was bequeathed to us)?
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Family trust confusion! What should we do now?
Ten years ago my partner and I wrote our wills. At the time we had two properties, mine which we lived in, and partner’s, which we were renovating to rent or sell. We aren’t very financially savvy and unfortunately were persuaded by the will-writer that we really needed to set up Family Trusts to protect our assets, one…
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My Partner Inherited a Home/Solicitor is Executor What are Their Duties?
My partner is a UK citizen but lives in the US. He flew back when his mum fell ill. She died in January. He stayed there for a month and took care of all of her belongings, cleaned and painted and repaired the house to get it ready to sell. A solicitor is the executor of the will. He met with her several times. She had him…
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Unacceptable Probate delays - not fit for purpose
I just thought that I would share my experience of obtaining probate and see if anyone else on the forum has had similar issue's. My brother passed away in December 2023 and as a named executor on his will, I applied for probate online in January 2024. I received a confirmation e-mail of my application and on my account it…
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Funeral
If choosing a direct funeral,i understand youre unable to have anyone present in the crematorium but are you allowed a small number in the grounds for a few words?
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Any advice please on how to tackle the council from taking most of my inheritance.
A year ago a genealogy company contacted me. My father had died 3 years earlier and his council had been dealing with his finances whilst he was in a care home.( My father walked out on Mum and me many years ago and there was no contact) When I contacted them they offered me no information or help. I managed to get them to…
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Capital gains tax when selling house as part of estate
Hi there. I'm the executor for a relative who passed away last year. I've recently sold their house as part of the administration of the estate, and there is capital gains tax to pay on the sale. When deducting legal costs and estate agent's costs from the capital gain, does anyone know whether I can also deduct the VAT…
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Conveyancing Solicitors: Distributing Property Proceeds
I'm the Executor and a also residual beneficiary for an estate where the property was held as Tenants in Common. Both parties have now died, I'm applying for probate, and the the sale of the house has just been agreed. Five siblings have been left one quarter of the property only, split equally between them. One of those…
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Insuring interstate property
My mother has recently died and left her assets in her Will to my and my sister. We are also both Executors of the Will. Whilst Probate takes its time, are we able to insure the property? It is over two hours away from where my sister and I live, and whilst we intend to go to it at least twice a month to check on it, I'm…
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Inheritance tax form IHT400
I appreciate I am asking lots of questions on this Forum about Probate etc, and really appreciate any advice. My mother's assets are less than £500,000 and are left to me and my sister. When I open the IHT400 form to fill it in, it has a box that comes up with 'do you need to pay IHT? If not, then close this form'. I know…
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Probate Service - Any ideas to speed the process!
Hi, Background: We applied for my late mother's probate, again, back in November 2024 due to the death of the probate administrator (probate had been granted previously). You would think it would be a simple case of changing one name for another, but it has had to go to a specialist team within the probate service! So far,…
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Probate and Solicitors: Is it All or Nothing?
About 20 years ago I was executor and handled the probate for my late uncle. I did it all myself and I had to write a lot of letters to get the individual valuations needed to value the estate as a whole. But I didn't find the process difficult, just time-consuming. Now I want to take-on the executorship of a relative who…
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Advice please! Administrator delaying distribution of estate.
Hi I'm looking for advice please. My father died without a will over a year ago. My brother applied for letters of administration in his own name. I am a 50% beneficiary of my father's estate. My brother moved his son into my father's house the day after my father's funeral and despite my objections he has been living…
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Paying Out to Beneficiaries
I am the executor of a will and have paid everyone their dues except one who is due £1000. I have no address for her, but a phone number she has a call screening system in place, I keep leaving messages asking her to call me, but she never replies!! This has been going on for over a year.How long do I have to keep chasing…
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Some advice - Probate
Hi All, Im sure this is a easy question to answer. My Mum and Dad setup a protective property trust years back. Which mentioned if one was to pass away, their 50% of the property would go into the trust. Unfortunately my mum passed away in Oct 2024 and my dad passed away last week. The question is, I presume i would still…
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Capital Gains Tax after selling an inherited property
I am acting as lead executor selling our parents property and the property is left to myself and my brother in equal shares. As I was the one who got Probate (with him as Power Reserved), the proceeds of the sale will come to me then I distribute his half to him. Probate value was £370,000 but we have only achieved…
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How to find out if dad's IHT allowance passed to mum?
Bit confused by this... Dad passed 10 years ago. I don't believe he used much (if any) of his IHT allowance when everything passed to mum. Now mum has passed. Property value is 325k, but including everything else will put us just over 500k (by about 20k). How do I find out if mum received any of his IHT allowance (as IHT…
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IHT gifts from a joint current account
Hello I am asking on behalf of an elderly family member. Almost everything they have is in joint names, other than the car V5's. When both left their jobs about 10 years ago at/about the age of 60, they decided to change their separate Current Accounts at the same bank to a joint account. The husband is the first named on…
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Interesting article from the Beeb
Article about will fraud: How fake-will fraudsters steal millions from the dead - BBC News
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Solicitors (again!)
Hello, it's me again with Will Executor Blues - will it ever end?!? Back at the end of March I moved from Sols.No.1 to Sols.No.2 because I couldn't take it any longer (those who've read my previous posts know the story). The stress was reaching unsustainable levels. I thought best to move to Sols.No.2 who had originally…
