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Can i cope with applying for probate on my own?
Thats basically it really.I've been reading about how slow solicitors are and i've been looking into doing this myself as the solicitor i rang wanted £600 to do the job:eek:. I'm the executor of my mums will.She passed away just before xmas:(.I lost my dad 7 years ago.Its pretty straight forward there won't be any…
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Collecting medication from surgery
I don't know if anyone can help with this. My husband has repeat prescriptions and each time he needs a new batch of medicaton he has to send a stamped addressed envelope to his doctor's surgery and they send the prescription back to him. He has to take this to the nearest pharmacist which is more than four miles away. A…
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please for advise on my mothers lasting power of attorney
hi..first post on here,i am going mad with worry,i hope to find someone either in same position and/or knows what i should do because i am at a loss of it all...my father died last november,he looked after my mum who is riddled with arthritus ,she is fully aware and all together in her mind,its just she cant do for…
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If father goes into care
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Retired and what to do all day
I am asking for a male friend who is stuck for ideas on what a man could do in retirement. There are no grandchildren or children or anything like that? Wanted to see what people do especially ideas for men.
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Silver Dreams Fund.
The BBC Radio 4 programme featured Peter Ainsworth ("Chair") and Angela Rippon (personality) for the The Big Lottery fund promoting "The Silver Dreams" sub fund. It has £110 million to give away over three years. To quote Angela "You could have another 30 years of active life when you retire - why waste it?"…
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Funding for WW2 veterans/widows/merchant seamen/ATs/WAAF to visit former battlefields
Ex POW urges comrades to claim £££££££s "If you or your loved ones fought anywhere in WW2 from Europe to the Mediterranean to the Far east. Ex POW Ted Cachart is calling on you! to join him for one last mission back to former battlefields and memorial sites. Grants of up to £5,500 to help fund the trips are only available…
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Family Tree Maker Software
Like everybody else I've just watched the Richard Madely Who Do You Think You Are? program last night and then heard him talking about it on radio2 this morning. I keep all my family history on my computer in a program called Family Tree Maker and I thought forum users might be interested to know that I have just found a…
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It's not always downhill!
This section of the forum can be a little downbeat due to the nature of the topics, so I thought I’d add a true tale about someone who spent some money in their mother’s retired years On meeting a guy I hadn’t seen for a few years, they told me they had moved house. I was surprised as they loved their house He said “We did…
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Dividends on death of shareholder
Looking for a bit of advice about my parents shares. My parents have wills and my Dad (age 92) is in all probability, likely to die before Mum. He wants to make sure that Mum still gets dividends from shares after he dies as this is their main source of income. So my question is: when Dad dies his Will states his shares…
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Mortgages expiring @ age 70, Age discrimination??
Dear all & thanks in advance for any thoughts.. As I was wandering the hills of the West Highlands of Scotland yesterday I returned to something that's been bothering me: What to do about mortgages expiring @ age 70. Appreciate I'm in a very privileged position. I'm 63 and in not much more than 6 years time the mortgages…
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Property in joint names
My daughter and I are planning to Buy To Let. We can pay cash, 50% each. It occurs to me that the simplest way of holding the property is Tenants In Common then, when I die, 50% stays with Daughter and 50% goes into my estate. But it also occurs to me that, if we were to hold it as Joint Tenants, then she would become the…
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GLUCOSAMINE. Save £60 a Year
If like me you have found that taking GLUCOSAMINE (and remember 1500 mg is recommended by doctors as the daily dose) cures knee and other joint problems and would like an inexpensive source of supply, the answer lies here. At High Street chemists like Boots a year's supply would cost you in the region of £90 you can get a…
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Advising HMRC about a death
Hi My Dad died last week and I'm working through what needs to be done. I picked up a leaflet called 'What to do after a death' produced by jobcentreplus. I'm not sure if this is totaly applicable to my Dad as he was a pensioner. It says you should return National Insurance papers to the relevant HMRC office. I've no idea…
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Caring for 91 year mother
My mother is getting so frail and giving up. She does not want to move in to a home. However it is very hard for me as I am her only relative. Today all she talked about is how horrible the world is, she has no friends, she has no relatives. She moans constantly and is always stating her son was so wonderful but he has…
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Accessing unsold shares
I would appreciate some advice from anyone having been in the same situation, please. My old bat of a stepmother died in 2003 and my brother had been appointed executor of her will, there only being three beneficiaries, himself, my sister and I. I had taken over running her affairs as I was the only prepared to go and…
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Cash for Care Home?
Hi my Dad died recently after spending a brief but happy stay as a resident in a care home. The staff were excellent, both to Dad and the family who visited him daily, they made his last weeks very comfortable - or at least as comfortable as they could. Mum wants to give the staff who looked after him some money in…
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Mum widowed, dad left no will. Mum wants home to go to son
1st timer - sorry if I've posted this in the wrong section. Dad died last may without a will. I got letters of admin and dealt with probate. He owned the house in his name only. My mum (aged 74) wants to leave the house to my brother, and have heard we can have the house signed over to him (I haven't yet had the house…
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Anyone taken case to Health Ombudsman (NHS CHC)?
I can give more detail if people are interested but where we are now is that the report of the Independent Review Panel disgracefully misrepresented facts and traduced the family's testimony at the Panel. I have complained and have said that we are taking this to the Health Ombudsman. Is there a protocol to follow, please?…
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DIY Lasting Power Of Attorney
What does the Lawpack LPA kit contain? The only description that I can find says that it is a set of forms and instructions on how to complete them. Is this any more than I have already obtained free from the OPG? Please can anyone recommend any other reading material before I complete the forms?
