Sharing the role of Executor with a Solicitor

nad1611

SmlSave wrote: »

Hi hun.

Just to let you know that I'm a Legal Sec and its quite normal for an Executor whilst jointly named with us (as solicitors) to advise us that they wish to do all the work. We have no problem with this so I'd be surprised if your solicitors will.

Sometimes the Executor will ask us to Renounce and sometimes we just take a back seat and give advice when asked and sign docs as joint Executor when asked (yes we charge for time spent)

Let us know how it goes with your meeting

Thanks for that it gives us a little more hope. Mind you we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves, we haven't even had a meeting yet and we're already anticipating trouble!!
Yes I'll let you know how we get on,thanks again.

flora48

When my M-I-L died last year she left her son and the solicitor as executors. Her son wished to do probate and disperse the estate himself and all he had to to was ask the the solicitor for a Letter of Renouncement and pay £145. So he paid the £145 for the solicitor to do nothing, cheap at half the price!

nad1611

flora48 wrote: »

When my M-I-L died last year she left her son and the solicitor as executors. Her son wished to do probate and disperse the estate himself and all he had to to was ask the the solicitor for a Letter of Renouncement and pay £145. So he paid the £145 for the solicitor to do nothing, cheap at half the price!

Have spoken to his secretary a few days ago, she intimated that he would want to be involved in the work when my husband mentioned Probate, so may not happen but we'll give it a try.

flora48

Hi Nad 1611,
Don't know how complex the estate you are dealing with is but I did probate for my late husband and it was much easier than I was led to believe. I have since done probate for another 4 family members with no problems. The probate helpline were very helpful and there is a booklet available to download about applying for probate without a solicitor. The solicitor may not relinquish his role as easily as my M-I-L's but getting the solicitor to do probate will cost much more than if you do it yourself.
If there are other executors, in my case my children, they can take a Power of Reservation and leave one person to deal with it.

nad1611

Oh well didn't turn out quite as we hoped. On arriving it was obvious there was no way the Solicitor was going to renounce their involvement. As it turns out it's probably for the best as the other beneficiary has already contacted this same solicitor saying she was unhappy about my husband being an executor as well as a beneficiary and she's hired her own Solicitor to act on her behalf.!!!

Wow we haven't done anything yet and she's already acting like we're about to swindle her. Money certainly brings out people's bad side!

So in conclusion if the Solicitor does it all she can't have any problem with us. Thanks for everyone's help on this.

Mojisola

nad1611 wrote: »

So in conclusion if the Solicitor does it all she can't have any problem with us. Thanks for everyone's help on this.

It will be expensive but a lot less hassle for you!

When she sees how much has been taken out of the estate for the solicitor's fees and paid her own solicitor, she may well regret her actions.