Inheritance of rubbish !!

madeinchina

My partner and his sister have inherited the residual of their mothers will. My partner's sister had inherited all the furniture, chatals, jewelrey, nic naks and what-not. Does this include all the boxes of "rubbish" amassed by the mother? The sister is trying to say that the estate should pay for the removal of the rubbish (ie everything that has no value : eg stacks of magazines, old objects that mother didnt want to throw away ) which I think should be her responsibility now as it was all left solely to her. It doesn't seem fair to me to think that she can keep all the good bits and effectively make my partner pay a share for disposing what she doesn't want.

What is the legal view on this?

lowis

why don't they just share the cost of disposal via the estate? that way neither of them are actually paying for the disposal...the mother is, it was her money and even though she isn't alive to physically hand over the cash, she is still paying for it.

Mojisola

Why doesn't she just take them to the local tip/recycling centre? No expense other than petrol and time.

madeinchina

lowis wrote: »

why don't they just share the cost of disposal via the estate? that way neither of them are actually paying for the disposal...the mother is, it was her money and even though she isn't alive to physically hand over the cash, she is still paying for it.

I dont think you understand. My partner is entitled to the residue. IF the cost of disposal is £500, his share of the inheritance will be £250 less at the end of the day.

He could really do with the £250.

At the same time sister gets to keep all the personal effects worth £1000's.

I just want to know how the law sees it.

madeinchina

Mojisola wrote: »

Why doesn't she just take them to the local tip/recycling centre? No expense other than petrol and time.

Its complicated.

Emmzi

madeinchina wrote: »

Its complicated.

we have all day to listen ...

Poppy9

Is it worth falling out over? Is this what their mother would have wanted?

Presumably the house has to be disposed of if you are emptying it, I suggest that the brother and sister do it together as it's part of the grieving process.

When my father died we had to empty the house so the 4 of us met there for a day and went through everything and if someone wanted something we just asked for it and collectively decided what to do with the stuff left. No animosity or bad feeling and no doubt if you tried to work out what each of our share of the house was financially it would have been unequal, but who cares. They were our parents possessions and they would have wanted us to take what we wanted without any bad feeling.

Mutter_2

Emmzi wrote: »

we have all day to listen ...

LOL.
That's another plus for being an only child, this situation always brings out the worst in people.
A few trips to the tip is surely worth salvaging relations with a sibling. If you have to pay 250 squidoes, think of it this way, your OH will still have more than he started with.
Sorry for your loss by the way.

KellyWelly

I suppose one man's junk is another man's treasure - is it actual rubbish you'd have in your kitchen bin or simply the contents of the house that your sister in law has decided she doesn't want? If it's the latter then she should dispose of it herself. If your mother in law hoarded actual trash then they both ought to pull their sleeves up and fill a skip.

MrsTinks

Has she thought about offering the "junk" on freecycle... then people come and collect it themselves... Free...

Penny-Pincher!!

I think its very sad when a parent dies and the arguing starts with the kids and inheritance!