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Death and Inheritance
Hi there. I am looking for some advice regarding my flat and a joint ownership I have with my grandma. Gran and I bought the flat together and we are both named on the deeds and the mortgage, which I pay entirely as I work and she does not. We have had ownership less than a year, but we have both lived there for several…
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Land Registry Form RX1
My fiancee died and during her life I made a number of payments to her mortgage (we weren't living together) to stop the house from being repossessed after her ex husband on a number of occasions got her benefits stopped, so he could get her out of the house and take the house for himself.. Following her death, I continued…
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Death Certificate
Hello, Got a question around Death Certificates. Can somebody accessing somebodies personal stuff held with a bank or solicitor just with a death certificate? A cousin of mine has a official copy of the certificate and we are worried he might be doing stuff whilst we all are grieving. Thanks
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Council Tax after Probate
Hi all, I have just been to sort out my late mums property and found a lot of bills I hadn't expected from the local council. They are charging me from 14 Dec 2012 and probate was granted in Sept/Oct (we are looking for documents to confirm the date). I am being taken to court for non-payment but my understanding was that…
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Probate granted, advice needed
I am hoping you can help me, here goes My Husbands step father died in July, he made a will with a solicitor making my husband and the solicitor co-executors It is a straight forward estate with a house, bank and money in unit trusts Probate was granted on 15th February Now the solicitor made no mention of the fact that 6…
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Experiences of Solicitors as Executors?
What happens? OK, I know it is horrendous in terms of fees. But what I really want to know is do they march in, change the locks, get a house clearance company in and make it difficult or impossible for relatives to sort out personal effects and salvage the sentimental stuff? This is a solicitor appointed in the will as…
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Basic Will
I have the start of emphysema and know i'm not going to last for more than a few years if im lucky as i lost my father to the same disease so its really time i create a will. I don't have any children or family so i want to leave everything to my partner. I've found a couple of websites such as tenminutewill.co.uk and…
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Lasting Power of Attorney
Can a registered LPA be contested? and if so how do you go about it and are there costs, cheers
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Should I only pay phone bill till time of death?
Hi, I'd be grateful for advice. My dad died on Jan 2nd. I live in London and he lived in Middlesbrough. I've been up a few times to the ( empty) house and I pick up post etc. Since I informed the bank, different agencies have been in touch since the d.d has not been paid. In each case I have informed them of date of death…
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solicitor
can someone help i am after info on finding a solicitor not going to go into details over the net (possibly faud ) how do i find the solictor who is acting for someone i know the name of do i have to go to the police or is there anyway of finding it out myself ? cheers for the info
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Probate and houses.
Hi all, just after some advice regarding the probate process. My grandmother passed away recently and named me as her executor in her will with her estate being divided equally between my mother and I. Her estate comes to around £370,000 (around £280,000 is a house), however her husband who died 13 years ago left all his…
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Anyone had problems contact Birmingham Probate Registry
I've been trying to phone Birmingham Probate Registry to make an appointment to swear the oath for two days now. All the numbers seem to be continually engaged. Has anyone else had problems? I know I could do it at a solicitor but I thought it might be quicker going direct to the Registry and in many ways it would be…
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Slow Solicitor as executor?
Hi all, Just looking for a little advice as to if this is a normal timescale: An estate that i am beneficiary too, was waiting the sale of a property. This sale was completed 8 weeks ago and i have heard nothing since apart from that the solicitor was working on the final account. Should this be taking 8 weeks/longer?…
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Savings Account left to specified beneficiary
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Is a loan a "Gift" for IHT?
Sorry, I don't need an answer to this post now as I re read the paperwork, so I have deleted it. Thanks James
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Probate appointment
Sent off my probate forms some weeks ago. I requested an appointment at the Kingston office and stated any day would be fine apart from Fridays. I was so relieved to receive a letter from them today until I read that my appointment had been arranged for Friday 1 March 2013 at the London office at High Holborn! I wasn't…
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advice on will 'insurance' and storage please
Hi. We recently made our will for the first time at a slightly reduced price of £85. This in itself was fine but then towards the end of our appointment the (very nice) will lady asked us if we wanted to buy a policy where we would be able to change our will as many times as we wanted in our lifetime and also get free…
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My grandma died today
Hi All our grandma died today , we were live in carers , at the moment things are a blur but the best way is too stay busy.. So far we have seen the undertaker and made all those arrangments, we then phoned the solicitor who has the will in their strongroom , who called me back to say that myself and my brother were…
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House and inheritance tax
My parents owned a house as tenants in common. My father died in 2008 and his share of the house went into trust (he had a will with provision for Nil Rate Band discretionary trust). Towards the end of the admin of his estate our solicitor said that the house was in the sole legal ownership of our mother and do we want it…
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English/Scottish wills and property trusts
Hi there, My Mum just passed away. Have disovered her will was drawn up in 1983, in England, but she lived in Scotland the last 20 years, and died in Scotland too. Her will contains a trust in respect of the house they had in England before moving to Scotland. The wording suggests that the trust will 'transfer' to any…