Rights at inheritance

RAS

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm

You should be able to ascertain the value of the estate from the calendars

lincsdan86

RAS wrote: »

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm

You should be able to ascertain the value of the estate from the calendars

Unfortunately the nearest probate office that allows you to view calendars is a little far for me to travel atm.

Spoke to the solicitor that dealt with the probate again after explaining the situation he seem to confirm that there might be cause for concern.

Anyway, sent parents a message asking for a copy of the accounts for the reason that need to use them for work as preparing some for a case im working on (work does some limited probate wrk).

Got a reply just saying "why" so gave the reason again and not heard anything since......

Ivrytwr3

i think you need to tell the truth to your parents and ask them to explain. If yu do receive the accounts from them and highlight an error, then things can go seriously wrong between you all!

(and yes, i know, it does look like they have taken money belonging to you!)

mossymoss

My understanding is that trustees are not allowed to take a fee unless they are a registered business carrying out trustee work. You should be able to see the will as it is a public document particularly if you are specified as a beneficiary. As its quite a complex issue I would advise seeing a solicitor many of them do the first consultation for free!

lincsdan86

mossymoss wrote: »

My understanding is that trustees are not allowed to take a fee unless they are a registered business carrying out trustee work. You should be able to see the will as it is a public document particularly if you are specified as a beneficiary. As its quite a complex issue I would advise seeing a solicitor many of them do the first consultation for free!

Just to update you mossymoss, I have a copy of the will and grant of probate but this grant ws issued when they used to use bandings instead of the estimated estate value so can not confirm the value of the estate from there.

I am going to pop to a local solicitor this lunch time to see when there free clinic is.

Still not reply for my parents with regard to a copy of the accounts, was expecting a call last night but nothing so will have to wait and see for now, will update again when I can

but speaking to the probate solicitor yesterday he said that:

"any funds invested in a property for the benefit of the beneficary should be returned when the property is no longer of benefit to the beneficary"

and I aint lived at home since i was 19, also does this mean if the house was sold for double want it was purchased for, any investment should also be double? they have sold first house and now live in another (*in the same village)

marklv

I think the risk in digging all of this up is that you risk being disinherited by your parents if you !!!! them off. Unfortunately the UK (unlike la belle France and a number of other countries) doesn't have a law that prevents parents disinheriting their children. I would tread very warily if I were you, after all it's not exactly big money were are talking about here, is it?

Personally I would never make a family member the executor of a will - it should always be an independent third party, normally a solicitor.

lincsdan86

marklv wrote: »

I think the risk in digging all of this up is that you risk being disinherited by your parents if you !!!! them off. Unfortunately the UK (unlike la belle France and a number of other countries) doesn't have a law that prevents parents disinheriting their children. I would tread very warily if I were you, after all it's not exactly big money were are talking about here, is it?

Personally I would never make a family member the executor of a will - it should always be an independent third party, normally a solicitor.

I am well aware that this is a risk bout what is to say i was going to be inheriting anything from them anyway. the matter is purely establishing what really happened and was it right? wudnt you want to no if your parents took money that was rightfully yours?

marklv

lincsdan86 wrote: »

I am well aware that this is a risk bout what is to say i was going to be inheriting anything from them anyway. the matter is purely establishing what really happened and was it right? wudnt you want to no if your parents took money that was rightfully yours?

You are correct. Just be careful about it. It sounds to me as if the relationship between you, your siblings, and your parents is not as smooth as it should be, and he last thing you should want is to make it worse. Your grandfather was rather naive in making your mother and uncle executors, it should have been a third party.

lincsdan86

my relationship with my parents has always come down to money and how they can extract as much as they can from us (us being brothers), it is an unfortunate way to look at it but that is how it feels. I think he may have been aswell but he had just lost his wife (my grandmother) when he redid his will and obviously thought (wrongly in my opinion) that his children would do the right thing.

Stephb1986_2

Have you told your brothers about this? Do they back you up?

Steph xx