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How to approach aunt about potentially appointing a power of attorney
Long story but would be great for any advice. My aunt (uncle was blood relative) is 85 and lives alone. My mum, myself and my two sisters are close to aunt and always have been and go visit as often as we can but always at least once a week. Aunt has remaining blood relatives who don't bother to visit (live abroad or very…
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need advice
Dont know if this is the right place for advice, but thought id see if anyone else has had the same experience before i start seeking legal advice. My adult child has split from their partner, they have a joint morgage and a small child. He pays half of the mortgage dispite not being allowed in the flat, he has his child…
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Separation Agreement Deadline
Good Afternoon Knowledgeable People, I have been embroiled in a bitter dispute with my narcissistic ex partner for
over 2 and a half years now over trying to have their name removed from the
mortgage and the property deeds (they moved out of the property nearly 3 years
ago) In May this year it was finally concluded (or so…
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Ended relationship - finances
My daughter has recently ended her relationship with her boyfriend, they have both lived at my house for 6 years and paid zero bills.They came here with debt. I am not involved in advising on their finances, but just wondered what the principles are.My daughter has always earned a reasonable income, whereas her partner…
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Coming to live in the UK
Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I don't know where else..... My sister in law was born in the UK and has a British passport, at the age of about 13 the family emigrated to the USA and she is a citizen of that country. Now obviously she never worked when she lived here so what would happen if she wanted to…
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Illness pre planning
My question relates to buying our next home. My wife and I will be hopefully moving into a bungalow early next year. We have 2 children and a niece we would like to leave the house too when we die. However if one of us dies and the other ends up in care what is the best way to pass the house onto our relatives? The house…
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Second marriage name change
Hi there can anyone help with a question please? I have just got married for the second time and would like to change my name to my maiden name hyphenated with my husbands surname. I never changed my first married name back to my maiden name on my passport etc so I was still known by my first husbands name therefore my…
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Changing solicitor for divorce
My daughter fled an abusive marriage with two young children last year. Very complex divorce with narcissistic husband. Possible hiding assets. Now on fifth hearing for child arrangements. Husband making false allegations. Mother acts as third partner. Husband held children hostage due to disagreement about third party.…
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Separation agreement or change beneficial ownership?
I have an amicable separation with my partner. He is willing to leave me the house when our fixed term mortgage expires in two years (I have always paid the mortgage but both names are on the mortgage as I couldn't pass the affordability rules when I first bought the house). As it is such a long time before I remortgage…
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Partner doesn't want to replace double glazing
What more can I say. It's all in the title...
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I replace my son's Pokémon encyclopaedia that I gave away?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... As our kids are getting older, we had a massive clear out of toys, clothes and books that they no longer use. I asked my son, aged nine, to go through them and pull out anything he wanted to keep, but rather than checking, he said he knew there was nothing he wanted. One of…
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Power of Attorney witnesses (lack of)
I have been looking into drawing up Power of Attorney agreements for myself and realised that for various reasons I don't have many people who I could ask to be witnesses. Most of my contacts are related to me, which immediately rules them out, and the 2 friends I spoke to about it both said they would not feel comfortable…
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Divorce
Hi I'm currently going through a divorce my wife left me with our 3 children and moved out a year after getting married i have always paid the morgage but both names are on it we have been to mediation but can't agree on what's been said. Before she left we remortgage the house she is now asking for half the remortgage…
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Lasting Power of Attorney - Signing the LPA in the Right Order
I am in the process of doing LPA's for my husband and myself. The forms are printed off ready to sign. We have gone
for the simplest option so a lot of the boxes on the forms have a line through. E.g.
no replacement attorney, no people to notify etc, I am attorney for him and he is attorney for me. We don't have children.…
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Anyone applied for a clean break with an online divorce
I was wondering if anyone has done a Clean Break through their divorce that they have done online. I have spoken with a solicitor but the costs are crazy. I have already applied for the Divorce online and we both have no assets/ children are now adults and we have been separated over 10 years. If we both are happy to…
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Power of Attorney - Help with Instructions re End of Life Decisions Please
Hubby & I are completing PoA's for both Health & Finance. We are concerned about making sure the Preferences & Instructions to Attorneys relating to End of Life (EoL) is unambiguous and I would appreciate any suggestions please. We both feel strongly about wanting all medical interventions possible to live ie we do not…
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Implications of trust used to pay down mortgage in blended family
Mr and Mrs smith are married. they have a 300k mortgage on a £750k house, tenants in common 40/60 split Mrs smith is a beneficially of a family trust following the passing of her parents. Mrs smith wants to pay off £150k of said mortgage with money from trust. She accesses the money by way of a loan from the trust which…
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Power of Attorney Advice - Parent Refusal
Hi all, Really need some advice. Since our mother passed away our father has been struggling to manage the household finances. He has never managed them before and despite our best efforts, things are slipping. We have tried to work with him to deal with some of the issues e.g. not paying bills on time, unsure of what…
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Childcare options for returning to work
Hi, I am a higher rate tax payer that is expecting 2nd child. I was fortunate with 1st child (who is now in full time school and doing after school clubs etc.) that I was able to return to work flexibly/part time, but took on a new, full time role 2.5 years ago. With this baby, I am looking into my options for returning to…
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Engagment and not living together?
I was wondering if anyone had some experience and opnions on this. My girlfriend and I have been together for almost 4 years. We don't live together, she has her house and I have my flat. We don't live a big distance away from eachother, about half an hour via public transport. I know she would love to get engaged and I'm…
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