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Estate accounts template
Hi I'm dealing with my late dads estate (still waiting on letter of administration) which is a fairly small, simple estate shared between me and my 2 siblings - under £200k so no solicitors involved. To formalise everything rather than keeping separate notes in my iPhone, I'm looking to put together a simple accounts of…
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Applying for probate - Executor middle name issues
I'm an Executor for MiL and am just about to apply for probate. My name on her will has my middle name spelt Philip (one L). This is the spelling on my birth certificate (also on my marriage certificate, LPA, Will and some other legal docs) However, I have always (well for over 50 years anyway since some teenage thing…
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Need to translate my death certificate from Greek to English
Hello all, I have a death certificate but it is in Greek. can anyone recommend a translation service, so i can have the certificate in English?
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Inheritance allowance amount when both parents pass
Hi all, just trying to clarify something for my inlaws.Parent 1 passed away 7 years ago, andd everything left to spouse. (Mainly a property worth circa £250k at the time and a small amount of cash). When parent 2 passes away they will have a total value of their estate of around £450k.Am I correct in thinking that Parent…
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Next of Kin - no Will?
Hi My ex husband died at the start of May. His closet friend asked him if he made and a will, he said he hadn't. We no longer had contact and he stopped contact with our children too We had 3 children together, all adult now, and a son with his girlfriend who I think would be over 18. They no longer lived together as ex…
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C1 Confirmation Application via Post - Help
Hi, I have completed the C1 form to apply for confirmation and I’m about to send it to the Sheriff Court by post. However, I’m unsure what else I need to send along with the application form other than the docquetted will. For example, do I need to send the death certificate and any proof of id? Also, does the will need to…
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Selling home of deceased
Please move this post if needed. We have now got letters of administration and are going to put my mother in laws house up for sale. What will we need? Obviously we will use an estate agent, but what about solicitors?
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Inheritance Tax Help - IHT 404
Hi all, I'm trying to complete the whole IHT400 form for my late father who passed in January 2024. He is survived by my mother and they were married. I powering through the forms as best I can but keep hitting obstacles, with the most current one being form IHT404. To add detail, there is no will so we are in intestate…
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Inheritance tax question
Hello all, I am currently doing a DIY probate application. There are two wills, one abroad and on un the uk. My relative lived aboard, and sold up in this country to serve out his retirement. In the uk, he has an account for 100K and three beneficiaries. Overseas, there are three slightly different benefices who benefit…
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Value of estate for probate
Applying for probate and the checker tool says there is no inheritance tax to pay. The value of the estate is £580000 and I will use the full proportion of the inheritance tax nil rate band of the pre deceased spouse. So, my question is, what is the gross value of the estate for probate? Is it £580000 or is it £580000…
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When do I need to inform the banks (particularly NS&I) of my mother’s death?
My mother passed away about 6 weeks ago. Until then I had Power of
Attorney and handled all her finances. I’m executor of her will. I’ve registered her death and have multiple copies of her death
certificate. I’ve had her cremated and am in possession of her ashes. I’ve contacted the “Tell Us Once” service and her State…
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Struggling to collect inheritance.
My mother lived with me a number of years before she died. I made sure her tenancy rights were documented legally. I thought it best at the time to remove myself from sorting her will and it was the only thing I left my brother to tidy with the solicitor. She died a year ago and only then did he tell me that he did not do…
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Dispute with exceutors who are solicitors
After my fiancée mum past away she and her sister are joint executors of mums will with a firm of solicitors who are not very cooperative with regard to probate. the ladies have since done a lot of work already around probate issues. How can this dispute be resolved with it affecting the beneficiaries losing out on funds…
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partially disclaiming a gift in a will
I'm in the process of dealing with my late father's estate which contains a house, money in banks and investment funds. In addition to my father's NRB and RNRB all of my late mother's NRB and RNRB are available so there are no IHT liabilities. My father's Will gifts all of his residual estate (basically everything) to…
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Inheritance tax & gifts
If you have gifted a child, grandchild an amount of money in excess of the £3000 tax free limit a year & you then die, does you estate / receiver of the gift pay tax on that gift, if your total estate value falls under your inheritance tax limit & the gift was made less than 7 years before your death?
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Probate and Letters of Administration
In the months (maybe a year) up to my mother in laws death, she changed her will to name two of her grandchildren to be executors rather than her eldest son. The family are now estranged and no longer communicating. At her death her will had gone missing - however, it allegedly was found weeks later but two of the…
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Wills
Hi, firstly: I have one full brother and 2 half brothers. If I died intestate am I right in thinking that only my full brother would inherit anything I have because I'm not married, have no children, and parents are deceased? Secondly, I hate the idea that anyone can check another person's will after they've died. So, can…
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Younger sibling and financial fairness?
Hi all, I am one of four adult children (all brothers). There has been significant inequality in the amount that my youngest brother has received from my parents in terms of financial support, as well as time and emotional support, particularly in the last decade. For example: * Two years ago, my parents bought a property…
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house registration
do i have to register my house with the land registry by law? as i have the full deeds in my possession and we are the sole owners with no mortgage? and it is freehold.
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Probate Application
Hi A probate form was posted to the Probate Registry on 3 April, 6 weeks ago. To date the cheque that was enclosed has not been presented. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this is normal or should I be concerned. I emailed them but no response. Thanks for your help
