What to do when a partner/spouse dies.

yortracy

Hi, I am a new user to this site and am not sure I am using it correctly. I am looking for some advice. Sadly my sister and I lost our Mum in April after 2 years nursing her with cancer, something that I do not wish on anyone. Mum left a will but 2 very daunted daughters trying to sort things out. Mum did not leave any money but has left her half of the house to us both in trust. The other half is owned by our step dad who, of course, is entitled to live there for the remainder of his life. We have applied for, and been granted probate. We cannot afford a solicitor. Do we now need to send this probate to someone so that we can register our interest in the property for the future? We are on good terms with our step dad but no one knows what will happen in the future. Can anyone offer any advice?

JoBridger

You need to register it with the land registry - I think it is called an Assent. If you go to http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/ and search for register assent - you get a form AS3 which seems appropriate.

yortracy

Thank you for your advice. I will download a form. Thanks again.

Renwick1

Pensions! Most people a member of a few schemes in their lives and pensions transfer plans, merge with other companies. My fried has just lost her husband and has lots of pension documents but none of the companies "APPEAR" to exist. It has taken weeks to unravel. A lookup scheme is ideal.

marcosh

hello,
your story it;s interesting, i advice you to search by google the Child Bereavement Trust and read it, maybe it will help you

booklover

Hello

My mother died on Tuesday; it was so sad and i feel numb and don't know what to do.

She owned her own home and has some money( a few thousand. I have 2 sisters and don't know where everything is kept..

She lived alone but we visited her everyday. She had a will, so i contact the solicitor on Monday to find out about that. I don't understand probate.

Also, do we continue to pay for evertyhing eg. her bills, eg phone, and the funeral which was yesterday which will be about 3k


Fiona

pmets

Hi
My sister recently died in Scotland, having lived there for one year.I know that I have to register her death there, but I was wondering if I could apply for Probate here in England, or whether it has to be done in Scotland?
Philippa

shawn_gg

guess it's never too early to plan, even though the idea of having your spouse pass away is a definitely a sad and morbid thought

Purse_String

My widowed mum died suddenly and it was a couple of weeks before anyone realised. This was very distressing in itself at a time when an autopsy had to be carried out. The police coroner and the county coroner both asked for a photograph for identification purposes as I was not allowed to see mum. What I would say is, take a close up photo now of your loved ones as I found it quite difficult looking through all the family photo albums before I was ready to. I know my story might not be the norm, but I never thought it would happen to us. I hope this helps.

sarymclary

I'm so sorry for your loss Purse String, and for the upsetting circumstances surrounding it. I agree that going through family photographs can be very difficult initially. Maybe we can all figure out a way to get a reasonable close up picture of family on a regular basis, perhaps at Christmas is a good time?