Drawing up a will

Savvy_Sue

blossomhill wrote: »

Savvy Sue - holding it together?

What I said before: I understand (maybe wrong but what I understand) that you can't, for example, staple the pages of a will together because that 'defaces' it, possibly making it invalid.

They probably use acid free paper and inks which don't fade or bleed over time when it's done properly, as well.

Mojisola

blossomhill wrote: »

Uncle died, had two living brothers, Probate decided estate should be divided between me and my sister, the deceased's nieces

Bros didn't contest the decision as it wasn't a large amount, but made me wary of assuming Probate would do the right thing

Who did the probate and made that decision?

If the brothers had contested it, they would have got the money.

dzug1

blossomhill wrote: »

Uncle died, had two living brothers, Probate decided estate should be divided between me and my sister, the deceased's nieces

Bros didn't contest the decision as it wasn't a large amount, but made me wary of assuming Probate would do the right thing

Doesn't make sense. Sounds like someone fed probate duff gen and/or they gave the wrong advice.

blossomhill_2

dzug1 wrote: »

Doesn't make sense. Sounds like someone fed probate duff gen and/or they gave the wrong advice.

No duff gen, bros took it to Probate, Probate went into massive detail, even tracing people who had nursed him and decided he had been closer to nieces than bros

Mojisola

blossomhill wrote: »

No duff gen, bros took it to Probate, Probate went into massive detail, even tracing people who had nursed him and decided he had been closer to nieces than bros

Under the intestacy laws, you don't inherit because you were "close" to someone, whoever has the closest blood tie inherits unless they agree to give up their rights and allow the inheritance to pass further down the chain.

There's absolutely no way unrelated carers could inherit unless they were named in a will.

dzug1

blossomhill wrote: »

No duff gen, bros took it to Probate, Probate went into massive detail, even tracing people who had nursed him and decided he had been closer to nieces than bros

But Probate do not trace people. It's not part of their function. You tell them who the relatives are and they will advise on what to do.

If the brothers did not inherit, then someone actively and possibly fraudulently contested the inheritance on your behalf (saying you were dependent on your uncle) and the brothers rolled over and let it happen.

getmore4less

blossomhill wrote: »

Uncle died, had two living brothers, Probate decided estate should be divided between me and my sister, the deceased's nieces

Bros didn't contest the decision as it wasn't a large amount, but made me wary of assuming Probate would do the right thing
?

If there was no willl it is not call probate, that only applies to wills where the named executors administer the estate..

Intestate estates need letters of administration

So the uncle was
not currently married.
never had kids
both parents were also dead
had no dead brothers or sisters that had ever had kids.

Was this redistributon done as gifts or as a deed of variation?