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Distributing estate query
When my mother died 1 of my siblings wanted to continue to live in the house which was held as tenants in common with my father who also owned his own house outright. estate was distributed with my brother having my mother's share of the house and we took a higher share of cash assets . All amicable and solicitor did the…
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Applying For Probate Online - Technical Problems
I applied for Probate on Monday and the application went through fine. I paid the online fee at the end and received an email saying my payment had been successful. However, I then expected to click through to a different page on the website advising me what documents to send and with a coversheet etc and to receive maybe…
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Interest (or so it appears) on cash legacies
Good morning All. I've not posted for a little while as things have been chugging along with some ups & downs. My probate case is almost completed. It's been a journey to hell & back!I have a question: the cash legacies, cash gifts, have just been distributed to the beneficiaries with some added extra amount (there are 3…
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Car finance after deceased
my father sadly passed but he had a car solely in his name. We have informed the car finance company and provided them with a death certificate however they are wanting my mother to reply to an email to confirm her agreement to action a voluntary termination of the contract. It states for them to voluntarily terminate they…
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Transfer of property to Beneficiary
Hi All I have been dealing with my late mothers estate, Probate has beeen granted and I am now in a position to complete the final task and arrange the formal transfer of her Leasehold property to the new owner, I have reviewed the various pages on the GOV website and have ascertained the following, the transfer will not…
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Anyone owed money from Empathy Funeral plan?
I am desperately trying to find out where my money has gone after Empathy Funeral plan went into administration. O'Haras LTD took over the insolvency, now I cant get hold of them. Jeremy Bennett is who I assume was the Director of O'Haras. I wont say too much about him but looks like theres problems with him.
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Parents left a will, named executors and beneficiaries.
Hi. My parents both left mirror wills. My Dad dies 13 years ago. When my Mum dies, we have her Will to execute. Executors and beneficiaries are all named. We will need to sell her house to settle the estate (in Scotland and less than £250k). My question is, will we need to apply for Grant of Confirmation, to execute the…
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executor having sibling trouble
Hi my brother died last December witbout a will, im sorting everything out and have been granted probate and letter of administration, my sister (whom I'm keeping up to date with this) keeps texting me that her ex son in law ( an American lawyer) seems to be taking an interest, ive told my sister I'll provide all paperwork…
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Inheritance Tax Split Help
Just after some advice, I have a solicitor handling everything so I presume it will all be done correctly but I wanted to get opinions on this as I have tried googling and struggling to find an answer Inheritance tax is due on my fathers estate, he had a partner (not wife or civil partnership). The split is 60% to me 40%…
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Looking at DIY probate
I recently lost my father a week ago, and I’m staring at the probate/IHT forms feeling daunted. My mother is still alive, but won’t be any help with any of this (we’re both named as executors but she wants me to sort it all as she’s not technical at all in respect of computers). I’ve spent the last week waiting for the…
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Transferring land registry deeds after death with a will trust
We're currently dealing with my late mother's estate where the sole beneficiary is my father (her spouse) and the estate has been treated as an excepted estate. There are no mortgages involved. There is a jointly owner property and a separate solely owned piece of land involved. I'll start with the piece of land, this is…
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Has anyone used or is familiar with MyLastWill?
Back in August I took out an insurance policy via Howden (https://www.howdenlifeandhealth.co.uk/free-will) and received a voucher to get a free 'Single Will' or two 'Mirror
Wills' (£80-£130 value), along with on-line and telephone support via a provider called MyLastWill (https://www.mylastwill.co.uk). I've tried looking…
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IHT Inheritance Tax Help
Good Evening I wonder if anyone can help. I am currently doing IHT forms and was wondering about the IHT tax rate in this scenario. Father died in 2020 and left 50K to his son in his will and the rest of the estate to his wife including the house. Mum died this year (4 years on) and the total estate is worth 1.2 million…
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C1 Confirmation - Help Please
Recently submitted confirmation application and it has come back with 1 post-it note on the first page saying “name of deceased differs to that of the will to c1”. the will has both the deceased maiden name and married name. The way it is written is first name and then “maiden name” or “married name”. I have filled out the…
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Looking for advice gift from work
My dad’s company received a key man life insurance policy after he passed away. They have said they’d like to give the family some money from this. I am looking to find out if there are any tax implications for this as it’s a gift, but not from his estate etc.
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My rights as a power reserved trustee
Hi everybody. Before i start can i say that i am trying to see a solicitor regarding my situation but i am struggling to get to see anyone for at least a couple of weeks so wondered if anybody on here would be able to help. My father died 2 years ago and left his share of the house in trust for my brother and myself. The…
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Do I really need a Executors Account
Hello, I am currently needing a bank account to put money into. My understanding is that you don't need an Executors Account, but to just keep money separate in a different current account? Some background: The estate is quite large at about 800K and there are four beneficiaries including myself and only one executor.…
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European passport based on parents
Hi... Looking for a bit of guidance. And not sure where to post Friend of mine had a Lithuanian mother and Austrian father. They fled to the UK in the war where they met. My friend was born in the UK and has a UK passport. He is starting to look into trying trace his parents and prove where they are from with the idea to…
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Avon Requesting Deceased Mothers Debt
Hello, I am new to this forum, although I have used MSE in the past for help with other matters. My mother died a few weeks ago and I am the executor, as her eldest son. I knew she had an Avon round, but I expected a letter from Phillips & Cohen associates requesting her estate to pay £200 for the balance on her Avon…
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C1 Confirmation - English will
Hi all, I got a lot of help here filling in the C1 for my mum but it's been rejected. It is an English will - I got a letter confirming it is valid from and English solicitor and he stamped the title page of the will where it has mum's name, but should this be on the actual first page where the writing starts and should he…
