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Locating my Mother's Will
My Mum passed in January 2021. She had, I understand, a Mirror Will. I just tried to locate a copy on the Probate Search Gov UK and nothing came up. Does being a Mirror Will mean it wasn't necessary for my Dad (or Dad's solicitor) to apply for Probate and/or submit the Will for record?
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Fathers estate - forms before probate?
Hi, My father passed away recently and as the sole beneficiary and executor in his will I plan to go through the probate process alone without and legal help. However, I just need a little guidance regarding required forms prior to going to probate. I am a single child who will be inheriting 100% of my fathers estate. The…
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IHT and CGT
Sorry if this has been asked and answered, I couldn’t find anything similar. I hope someone can clear up a IHT and CGT pickle. Grandma and Grandpa bought two houses in 1970 for £10k each. They live in A, they rent out B. They’re now worth £400k each. Let’s say all other assets total £10k. Grandpa died 10 years ago, and…
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Inheritance Tax with 2 Deceased Husbands
Hi, My mother has lost two husbands to cancer. Her first husband (my father) passed his entire estate to her so didn't used any of his inheritance tax allowance(s). Her second husband passed some of his estate to her and some direct to his kids therefore using some of his. The simple premise of my question is whether she…
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Interest on a joint account paid a few days after death.
My parents had a joint savings account with interest paid annually at the end of March. My Mum passed away a few days before the interest was credited. Does this all fall on my Dad to pay any tax due on it?
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Complicated Inheritance/property
I have been granted probate of my late husband estate, our children are listed as beneficiaries. Problem is the only asset is his previous home which is ex-wife and children are currently living in. The home is mortgaged which finishes in 15 month and it an endowment mortgage. Problem is I'm not on talking terms with the…
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Unable to find will or deceased daughters at moment what can we do about funeral?
My brother died earlier this week.He was found after neighbours reported not seeing him and being worried. I identified body and made witness report and we are now waiting on coroner. We have keys to his house and have tried to look for a will but have not found anything. He was estranged from his daughters who are in…
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Inheritance Tax - claiming exemption FA 1986 s102b(4) - form IHT403 & IHT404
Hello All,I'm dealing with my father's estate and have some questions which I'm hoping to get some help with. As background, I've lived in the same house with my parents all my life (I have a health condition). Back in 2002 they changed the ownership from them being 50/50 joint tenants to the 3 of us (my dad, mum & me)…
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Scotland - how long from death to funeral currently?
I know there's going to be a lot of variation but does anyone have recent experience of how long it's taking from death to funeral at the moment? A not-close family member has died and I'm looking at the calendar wondering what I might need to move. When I was growing up in the West of Scotland it was always very quick (my…
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Inheritance tax when the property value is half held in trust
This must be a common question, but I don't know the right terminology to google it... My mother married a man (my stepfather) who had his own family, and the terms of their will was that if either die, the other could live in the house but on their death the value of the property would be split between the remaining…
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Address on Will/Trustee and executor?
Hi all, Does anyone know of a free or very cheap PO Box or similar or perhaps another option? As my mother is doing her will and has asked myself to be a trustee and executor. I am happy to do so but would prefer a Care of Address or similar due to reasons complex to explain. Does anyone know of a low cost or free PO Box…
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Deceased dies Intestate - Personal Representative
My brother-in-law died a week ago intestate…certainly as far as we have yet ascertained. He has no spouse, children or grandchildren. He is survived by his mother and sister (my wife). He has no property but across all savings and investments his estate is likely to be £40k-£50k (so administration most likely required).…
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hmrc mistake - probate asset value is wrong
I just received my unique probate code from hmrc and the value of assets for probate is wrong. Just to be clear it is correct on the iht400 but someone at hmrc typed in the wrong figure in the letter. It's annoying that they did this because we paid the iht early so we could apply for probate asap. So my question is should…
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digital will
I have paid £1.50 for the digital will service, I am wondering how I access this? Is it emailed to me, or do I have to log-in somewhere. It wasn't clear on the form how this would be 'delivered' to me. Thanks.
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Sale of property
The below document is the register for my mothers property which is currently being sold. The background is Sylvia's husband died some 11 years ago and 50% of the house was left to his wife and the remaining 50% split between their children. Sylvia is still alive and moved into a Care Home. I believe this is a tenants in…
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Solicitor and BIL are executors.
My mother in law left house and funds to be split into the 3 adult Christmas (one is my wife), minus a sum for each grandchild (4 of them). The executors are the eldest son and the solicitor that's dealing with the will. So firstly and maybe most importantly, can my wife ask the solicitor any questions about the will, in…
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Solicitors Bill 6 months after final bill
We employed a solicitor to help with getting probate on my Father's will (big mistake - he took about 2 hours to do what it would probably have taken me a day to do and charged £1500 - the difficult bit was collating all the information not filling in the form!). Probate was granted in February of this year and I paid the…
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How long to keep papers after death
Hi my brother passed away 2 yrs ago and probate done this year, so I have lots of paperwork going back years, including from his business that was sold years before he died. I know you have to keep papers for 12 yrs but how far back do the papers need to be to be kept? ( if papers older than 12yrs for example) thanks
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Property sells for more than RICS valuation
Hi there Some advice.... Property has been valued at 220k. We believe it is likely to sell for more given locale and other factors. What happens if it sells for more than 220k when the time comes? Estate will be below IHT threshold anyway, as have RNRB to increase to 500k but we are unsure whether selling for more would…
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Inheritance tax confusion
Morning all, newbie here :smile: I'm an only child who sadly lost her mum years ago, she didn't have a will so everything went straight to my dad. A friend has told me that when it comes to my dad passing away, I will be entitled to both his £325K allowance AND the same from my mother?! Is that right? I can't find any…
