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Aunt and Uncle have no will
I have just written a post about whether I should make a will or not but I also want to ask advice about my aunt and uncle. I am very close to my aunt and uncle and I love them a lot. I also know they have no will. My aunt and uncle have no children and live in Scotland. If something was to happen to my aunt and uncle in…
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Inquests
Are the results of inquests available in the public domain? ie, is there such a thing as a site where I can search for the results of an inquest, or information on what was said during it? Thanks. Olias
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Checking a will
A friend died two years ago, the will was dealt with by a family member, no solicitor was involved. I suspect I might have been left something in the will but the family member has never said anything. Is there any way of getting a copy of the will without the family member knowing? TIA
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what can you claim in expenses - please help
Hi My father died last year without a will. The letters of administration have now come through. I asked the solicitor if i can claim expences as my fathers house was really a mess, he said yes i can claim expences for time and fuel and any other reasonable costs. It took me ages to sort out the place i took photos of how…
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monies from estate
Hello I was looking for some guidance on my late aunts estate. She lived in rented property so that is not a problem. A funeral policy was left which pay £6,000 and there was other monies totalling a further £1,500. After checking her flat i have found debts totalling £9,000. After funeral costs of £3,500 (England to…
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Tracing estranged relatives estate?
Quite a complicated tale, so bear with me. Many years ago we had a family split, My Mum and I became estranged from my paternal grandmother and my sister. My grandmother, who was a widow, died a few years later (around 1992). I found this out on the grapevine a couple of years after her death. A few years ago I did a…
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Advice needed about a will
Hi all.I will try and explain the situation as easily as I can,but bear with me as I am so confused not sure which way to turn.Sorry in advance. Basically my nan has made a will to benefit myself ,2 siblings and our children.All worked out by percentage.She doesn't have any surviving children(my father was only child,but…
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protecting my daughters interest
I am going to get legal advice on this, but in the meantime it is worrying me, and I wonder if anyone can give an opinion. My husband has 2 children by his first marriage, and one illegitimate child. They have never lived with us, and have never bothered with us, unless it was to cause trouble or ask for money. He and his…
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Paying for probate in advance
My other half arranged for us to have our wills written. A salesman from Trust Inheritance visited us on Monday. He put a fair bit of pressure on us to pay for probate in advance. So instead of paying £65 for a will we've paid £850 (on credit card). I feel uneasy about this. I've looked at older posts and am getting…
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Grant of probate arrived in post.. what now?
The soliciter has sent my mum 4 x grants of probates. Am i right in thinking all we have to do now is take these to the banks concerned and they will transfer money into mums accounts? Dad also had BT shares and shares from somewhere called Investco perpetual. we sent the Death certificate a while ago and they asked for…
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Paying Inheritance Tax
My co-executor and I are currently pulling together the information to complete the IHT forms for our mother's estate, and several questions have arisen with regard to paying the IHT. The IHT and Probate websites are inconsistent and woolly on how much of the IHT bill has to be settled before applying for probate. So as a…
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Solicitor has potentially lost latest will
Whilst going through my mother's papers following her recent death we have found uncertified photocopies of two wills one made in 1991 and one made in 2006 along with correspondence to the effect that the originals were being stored by the solicitor that drew them up. Having contacted the solicitors concerned they are…
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payment for legal work 'up-front'
We are having house ownership altered to tenants in common, involving a trust and also drawing up new wills. Am well satisfied with the advice received but the firm is asking for payment up front. (They say they are members of the Assoc of Wills and Probate Lawyers.) Is this normal practice? If the firm went into…
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Changes to Will
A relative is in hospital and is going to have an operation within the next couple of days which has a higher than normal risk of death. He wants to make a couple of changes to his will before the operation, I have contacted the probate service which wrote his will and have the original, but it seems that are unable to see…
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Couple of Questions flaoting round my head!
Hi All Just running things through my mind , nothing urgent or owt , you know how it is , when things dont quite make sense and good people like you guys on here help clear the woods for the trees etc! I have a query , when you get probate on an estate , and that estate is a house , and the will states two trustees and…
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Help needed on change to will??
Evening all, Newbie here, Me and hubby are executors to my mothers will and also beneficiaries. My mothers original will left everything to me and hubby. We have recently learned that she has added a codicil to the will to include her cleaner. The cleaner is to be left a large cash sum. My question is, without sufficient…
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A bit of a !!!!!!s muddle...
First things first, this is someone else's situation not mine, but I've said I'll help by doing some research for them. Adult son has been distanced (geographically and emotionally) from his mother for pretty much all his adult life (and much of his childhood) and although there has been limited contact, neither of them…
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Tenants in Common
I have spent most of the evening researching, and think I have got things straight in my head, but hope that someone can confirm my understanding. Mum suffered from dementia, and spent her last six years in a home as Dad and family unable to care for her. Dad was advised to change the ownership of their home to Tenants in…
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Help, extra cheap funeral needed
Help please! I'm trying to arrange a funeral for my dad but I simply cant afford it. I'm a on a very low income, I can barely afford to pay my mortage and have no savings, but DWP wont help with funeral costs as I'm not on benefits. I have a cost of funeral of £3000 and tomorrow I'm going to have to a shop around but i…
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Charitable donations after funeral
When a collection is made for a charity after a funeral how do the funeral directors process this and any other cheques sent to them? Thanks
