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Dependant pension- Civil service pension
Hello all I posted long time before about this, but civil service pension was asking me overpayments from my late partner although not paid me any benefit since death. Now I was able to dispute that and given me some figures of backdated payments. Can anyone signpost me on how should the computation come out? Their figure…
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Bought neighbours car and they died before cashing the cheque
Now the executor of the will has been in contact, returned the cheque and asked the amount (~£10k) be paid into their personal account. Does this sound right and if so, am I obliged to do so? The car was transferred and in my name for a few weeks before they died. There is a sole beneficiary of the ~£2m estate; a distant…
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Confirmation form - details of items in executor account
Hello apologies if this has been asked before. We are completing the C1 form at present. We had listed items such as refund from council tax, money from Dept of Work and pensions etc as separate items on the inventory, However the money from these things have been paid into an executor account we set up for this purpose.…
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Probate/Inheritance tax with estranged siblings
I have an inheritance tax question. My grandfather passes away in 1986. My grandmother passed away suddenly intestate in 2013. My father was living with her and has continued to live in the property since her death. My aunt, his only sister, lives in Ireland and is estranged from my father. I'm an only child and my aunt…
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Co-op Refuses To Honour Offer On Martin Lewis Website
Hi, My wife and I tried to take up the offer of a discounted
mirror will as advertised on the Martin Lewis website. However, the Co-op
refused to honour the offer.I’m sure you will agree this is a very serious issue. I have asked (Removed by Forum Team) from the Co-op to reply to me in writing as to why the Co-op refuses…
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Do executors have automatic access to keys to a property?
Hi, I am just putting together a new will for myself, I live in a flat and my executors will be a local firm of solicitors and a relative at the other end of the country. Nobody other than myself has keys to my flat, I am wondering are there any barriers to the executors gaining access to my flat after I die? My will once…
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Inheritance tax allowances
My husband and I own everything jointly and will be leaving our assets to our two children or grandchildren. I know that we would have an allowance of £325K each before IHT is payable, but would the £175K be doubled in a similar manner, please? This giving us a total exemption of 1 million?
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executor deciding to make gift from estate funds to someone not named in will
What action can a joint executor and Beneficiary take if another joint executor unilaterally decides to make a significant cash gift to a 3rd party using estate money?
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Husband debts
My husband unexpectedly passed a week ago, which has totally devastated me. I have been unable to register his death yet as the coroner wants a post mortem before issuing cause of death. He did not have life insurance, and we only brought our house 8 months ago, so I im now the sole owner still having to pay the mortgage…
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Will trust for young grandchildren - it's messy / complicated
Hello I have no will, and wish for just my two very young grandchildren to benefit from my estate upon my death. I want to set up a will trust with a solicitor asap. I have problems in that I do not want the children to have access to the trust funds until they are 21-25 years old, and I also do not want their parents to…
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Letter of administration
My MIL died without a will. She has 3 grown up children Can only 1 apply for letter of administration or can all 3 be named on it? Also, what is needed to apply? How long does it take roughly?
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Studio Catalogue passing dead mothers account to debt collectors, ready to pull my hair out!
My Mum passed away in November 2023. She was basically skint at the time of death as she only received state pension and PIP, had no savings, no assets in terms of anything worth selling, council tenant, no car etc you get the idea. After she passed away we received a small amount of back pay from her pension, pip and…
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Eon!!!
Hi my mother has recently passed away suddenly leaving no will, she had her energy with Eon next. I contacted Eon to inform them of her death and forwarded the death certificate we found mum is in £133 credit so asked for a refund here’s where the fun starts. 1 advisor said you need to be the executor of the will or have a…
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House in deceased husbands name only and spouse is sole beneficiary in will
Please can someone throw some light on this ... My FIL died recently and I'm helping my wife sorting out what needs to be done, and have come across an unexpected hic-up In laws were a married couple, the will names surviving MIL as the sole beneficiary, but on looking at the deeds of the house it seems the house was held…
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Probate & Intestacy
I wondered if anyone could help please. My dad sadly died in July last year, probate
was not required and his bank has released the money. I am an executor and have not released funds
yet to my two brothers as waiting to sort his headstone. A solicitor has been in touch to say my dad’s uncle by
marriage (my great Aunt had…
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Help buying a grave plot
My mum died suddenly 15th January 2024 She wanted to ve buried the family plot with her mam and dad. Her funeral was 7th February and we have learnt that you need to purchase the plot before we can put a headstone on. We didn't know anything about this and heart broken due to not working and being a n unpaid carer for my…
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How to split a will
My Mum is 88, so the question of her will has concerned us
lately. Her estate consists mostly of her home, worth something like £170-200k. She had the house as Tenants in Common with my father, with everything
left to me, so I now own half of it (my father died a couple of years ago). Our dilemma is this. As things stand,…
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Greedy sister
Orginally I was told by my parents that I would have 30% of my parents house on their passing, my sister would have 70%. We were added to the land registry. 2017 my dad died, in 2018 my mother changed her will to were I was to receive 5k for me to sign my right of my parents property to my sister. My sister refuses to tell…
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Refunds to Estate
Putting together the final accounts as executor of my Dad's estate (Non IHT estate) & calculating his assets on the date of his death. Since then numerous refunds have been made by such as DVLA, HMRC, DWP, Council Tax, Subscriptions etc. Given these were payments he made during his lifetime should the refunds be listed as…
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Solicitor location in relation to deceased
So, I intend to employ a solicitor to deal with the estate of my brother, I live three hours away from his home (he died at home). I have rung two solicitors local to myself, who both seem surprised that I am not using somebody based near my brother's home, so is it normal to use one local to the deceased or local to the…