-
Inheritance tax
Hi everyone can't seem to find an answer but I've been doing my mum's shopping for the last seven or eight years using my bank card then then I get to her house she gives it me back via bank transfer twice a week.As a heavy drinker and smoker this could mount up each week to around £200 to £300. My only evidence would be…
-
House Deeds
Hi, Firstly apologies that I couldn’t see a forum regarding wills and estates but feel free to move this post and or tell me the most appropriate forum. My father recently passed away leaving my Mother. She is 94. We have a copy of her will the text of which leads us to believe that the house is in her sole name. However…
-
Land Registry Forms - Assent Transfer
Hi, looking for some help to make sure I've completed the correct forms. If @Land_Registry is able to review that would be brilliant, TIA. Background - parent passed away leaving estate including a property to my sister and I. We're also the executors of the estate. A deed of variation has been completed leaving the…
-
Flexible Life Interest Trust and IHT
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help me. My Dad died earlier this year (survived by my mum) and this triggered the creation of a FLIT (with mum as life beneficiary) which means we do not have to pay inheritance tax right now (only when the FLIT comes to an end). I am in the process of applying for probate for Dad's estate…
-
LPA Problems
We have set up LPA's (my wife and I) in the most straightforward way with a solicitor and sent off all the forms in February 2026. We got notification from the Public Guardian that both LPA's had been registered on the 8th June 2026. Eventually my wife's official LPA arrrived at the solicitors and a registered copy sent to…
-
Dads shares recoup
hi dads passed away but left me and sis about 30g in shares (American companies) the forums to fill out are an absolute ball ache Are there companies that do this for you and can you tell me one?? thanks in advance Mike
-
Best ways of checking for bankruptcy
Hi all. I'm an executor for my wife's aunties estate and we are approaching the stage of distributing the proceeds to the beneficiaries. Several of the beneficiaries are not that well known to me, and I'd like to check them for bankruptcy. From my research it appears that there are three different ways of doing this - on…
-
C1 confirmation application
Hi Buddy, I’ve just had C1 returned due to a number of issues with completion. I’ve attached photos of form & wondered if you could help me, have also included my covering letter. Many thanks (Images removed by Forum Team)
-
Will executor nightmare
I have been named on the will as executor to my recently deceased step-mothers estate. Named on the will as joint beneficiaries are myself, my brother (her other step-son) and her own son and daughter, with all receiving a 25% share. As far as I'm aware the only assets she has are a bungalow, which her son, daughter and…
-
Informing Beneficiaries
When executing a Will is there any point before distribution that you are obliged to tell beneficiaries that they have been left something? I realise that once probate is granted it is a public document but they are unlikely to find out that way and there is no reason why they should expect anything. Probably sounds a bit…
-
Severn Trent issues in settling decease estate
I having all sorts of issues with Severn Trent regarding my father in laws estate. They have confirmed that he had £190 in credit but will only issue as a refund to his bank account which is frozen or to the beneficiary via proof of a will or legal letter of administration. There was no will and as the estate is small…
-
Should I update the Land Registry and if so, how?
Evening all. When my Mum passed away a few years ago, she left her 50% share of the house she owned with my Dad (as tenants in common) in trust with my sister and I as trustees/beneficiaries. We have not completed Form DJP and as such both of their names are still on the title, along with the standard Form A restriction to…
-
Probate application - executor
Hi I'm applying for probate over my husband's estate (needed due to company shares) I'm near the end and adding info about the will I am the named executor, but it also states Are there any other executors named? You must make sure to include every executor named in the will, including anyone who: has died is not applying…
-
Historic Property Charge
Hi I am trying to remortgage and I have been told there is a historic charge on property from 2009. My partner who I owned the property with then died in 2009 and the debt was settled. I do not have any evidence and I do not recall who was the finance company. The solicitors who filed the charge are no longer in business,…
-
Applying for both RNRBs when probably only one needed ?
Following the recent death of my mother, I'll be dealing with her estate and so will probably be asking questions on these boards over the next few months. Having had to apply for probate for both my late brother and father in recent years, I'm intending to deal with it all myself rather than engage a solicitor. I had PoA…
-
Changing Mirror Wills
Just a quick question I hope! Myself and my husband have mirror wills that we made 16 years ago. We would like to change one thing which is what happens if both of us die together. We would like to leave our estate to charity rather than my husband's grandchildren. Would this be a codicil or completely new wills? Many…
-
Applying For Probate
Aunt and Uncle (in law) made mirror Wills whereby each was the executor for the other and inherited the entire estate so long as they survived by 30 days. If they didn't then I was executor with the estate being split between various people. Uncle died in May this year and nothing much was done beyond using the Tell Us…
-
Probate error
I need to withdraw from the probate application I have done online, I applied sent original will . However they have come back asking questions that are out of my understanding, decided to get a solicitor to do it as I should have done in the first place . Am I right in assuming I won't get the fee back and will need to…
-
Did anyone else find dealing with companies as an executor upsetting?
I went through probate for my late father last year and, alongside the actual admin, found the way some companies handled it genuinely upsetting. I was regularly addressed by his name, ‘extra care’ teams were nothing but and I was cheerily asked by an estate agent: ‘So who’s moving then?’ when they knew it was a probate…
-
Husband - Probate - Ltd Company
Hi My husband passed away 6 weeks ago. We had mirror wills, I am the executor - everything is left to me. All savings / house was in joint names, so technically no probate needed - however We ran a small online Ltd company between us 50% each I have to apply for probate to get the 50% shares legally into my name - I've had…
