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Help needed please
Sadly my father passed away recently (my mother has already passed) and as I am an only child I am executor of the will. The property is left to myself, I have already informed all relevant people (banks, utility bills etc etc ) of his passing. My question is regarding probate do I need a solicitor to carry this out or…
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Searching for dad's will cont...
Thank you all for your kind suggestions re tracing my late father's will (see my previous thread). His wife (who will not answer my calls) definitely stated they had a mirror will when he died. I've looked at the links some of you have kindly given me, Gov website, advanced searches etc but sadly I've hit a dead end…
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Husband making a will...slightly complicated
Hi everyone, So my husband turns 60 soon and neither of us has a will but due to some recent health events he's decided now is the time to look into one. Our home is owned but just in my husbands name - I didn't have a very good credit history and based on my hubbies earnings at the time it gave us enough to buy the home…
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A relative falsely claiming a 'debt' from a deceased sibling..what do I do?
Hi, I am looking for some advice..my dear aunt passed away recently at the age of 91, she was a decent person and has never owed any money to anyone, she was proud of this and said that she was happy that she would die without having outstanding dues. One of her brothers, an 85 year old man, who is well off and lives…
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Solicitors turning blind eye to Money Laundering, and fraud.
Hi, not sure what to do. But it seems like i have a dodgy Solicitor.. We are going though a dispute where the executors have stolen a few hundred thousand pounds from my relative while she had dementia. I got the LPA Stopped. After seeing finally the Bank statements that the executors were hiding from us, as all equal on…
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IHT205 QUERY
Reference..Deceased Assets,Section 11. If deceased assets are ISA’s, both Cash and Investment ISA’s,presumably the value of the cash ISAs is entered at 11.1,but where should the value of the investment ISA’s be entered?...11.3or 11.4 or neither, since these are made up of funds made up international companies and not…
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Contentious Probate...
Long 3 years into contentious probate. My father died a slow painful death 3 years ago, leaving my mother (75), my elder sister and myself. Sister lives away in scotland and never had any part in my fathers life nor late care/demise, apart from him being manipulated into changing his will on 1 of her visits (the other…
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Living in deceased property awaiting sale - who pays the bills
Hi Mum passed away recently. 2 Adult siblings still reside in property (which is up for sale) 1 who is a beneficiary pays all the bills. The other Not a beneficiary refuses to pay anything. 2 grandchildren are executors claim the can’t do anything about it. What can be done?
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Will-writing via Unison
Hello MSE-ers. We've recently used the will writing service through Unison (BBH Legal), as our circumstances are fairly straightforward. We've filled in all the info, submitted it and downloaded the PDFs of the draft wills for information. Does anyone know how long it takes from this point? I realise a lot of things are…
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Administering Intestate Estate
Evening! An elderly relative died a couple of months ago, and I've offered to assist family members in administering the estate as while not a professional in this area in any way shape or form, I'm all for the challenge and am no stranger to filling in confusing paperwork. My view is see how far we get by ourselves, and…
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Inheritance Tax on joint parent gift for house deposit
Hello. My parents gave a £30,000 'gift' as part of my deposit for my first property 4-5 years ago. This was a joint gift and was documented as such. Unfortunately my father died just recently (leaving everything to my mother), and we are in the middle of probate and need to figure out if I owe any inheritance tax for the…
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Inheriting shared ownership flat
My ex wife died recently and left her Housing 21 shared ownership flat to my two children. She only owned 35% of the property and my kids have been told that they must continue to pay the rent, service charge etc amounting to around £500 per month. These flats do not sell quickly and I am concerned that it will become a…
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Money to be held in trust
When my mum died she left a proportion of her house to my brothers children but they cannot have it until they reach 25 as stipulated in her will, the house has been sold and I need to place their money into accounts in their names. How can I do this when one is 16 and the other is 21? They aren’t children but at the same…
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Intestate Estate
I am dealing with my dad’s estate who died in June last year, dying intestate. I got lawyers involved (the one used to buy my house and previously sell my flat) to obtain executorship and to complete the IHT form. Due to the estate being intestate (and in Scotland) I had to get a bond of caution. According to the insurance…
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intestacy probate
Following the death of my father-in-law in 2018 we have been fighting with his widow to have his wishes followed as he has discuss with my wife (his only daughter) and his wife (3rd marriage) they did not follow his wishes and have during the pat 3 years held back asset payments from the estate despite our legal team…
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Dealing with Land Registry.
I am the sole executor named in my late sisters Will and have recently been granted probate. DIY probate has saved me a lot of money in solicitor fees so far but if I thought that process was difficult. Dealing with Land Registry is something else. The property is Willed to my daughter and I want her name on the deeds. I…
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Death of husband who is part of joint mortgages
Looking for some advice on mortgages following death of my husband. We are both named on mortgages, and unfortunately there was no life insurance. There is a good amount of equity in both properties but I am concerned that the mortgage companies may not allow me to continue with a mortgage as a widowed person with one…
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Inheritance
I have a bit of a dilemma. My dad, a widower recently passed away and my sister has asked me to deal with all the probate as my dad didn't have a will. I am valuing the estate and the issue is that my dad's house is worth about £230K and there is about £100K in terms of liquid assets. My sister has always lived in my dad's…
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Sole owner of family home
Am asking on behalf of my friend. She owes her house outright before she got married. Her house is now worth nearly half a million and she has a young son. She is a bit concerned whether her husband will be subject to IHT when she dies as he is not on the title deed. She asked my advice whether she should add her husbad…
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Did my father really leave us nothing, and am I entitled to anything- even a shirt of his?
Hello people, My father died suddenly in 2019. I was with him throughout his dying days- despite me living 200 miles away from him. I am 44 and have 2 full brothers and we were brought up by my mother for 20 years (whilst dad worked or tinkered in the garage!) . It was a loving home, until my mum went through the menopause…