Death in the family, but no will. Anything that can be done here?

Spendless

Tbh I can't make head nor tail of the story. The opening post reads that it's thought that nan will inherit from her divorced husband, later it's mentioned that it's a recent discovery about the difference in tenants in common and joint comments and then another story about how his dad in the same situation was able to leave his share of the ex marital home to the children of that marriage.

mountainofdebt

K_P83 wrote: »

Get your head out of your backside & have a think for a minute.

What on earth could >i< possibly inherit out of this at all? Even if i wanted to, i've no right to anything whatsoever.

Jesus Christ, some people just do not think at all.

I hope to God you & some of the others in this thread never get the chance to do jury service!! It'll be another innocent man convicted with you being too quick to judge.

Well if YOU got your head out of YOUR backside you will realise I didn't pass comment on your situation ......it was a general observation - I deliberately used the word author and not OP to avoid any confusion.

But since you got all touchy about it here's my take on the situation.

For whatever reason,rightly or wrongly, your mum and siblings haven't spoken to their mother for over 30 years so what would they do if it turns out that the house that their mother has lived in during that time has to be sold to realise their inheritance?

Would they force the sale or woudl they let her live out her days in it ?

Suddenly the situation isn't so straight forward is it?

Mojisola

Dunroamin wrote: »

Whether you stand to inherit anything or not it's totally inappropriate for you to be concerning yourself with this with your grandfather on his deathbed.

I really don't understand this attitude. When someone dies, there is a mountain of administrative stuff to deal with just when you're coping with grief.

Trying to make sense of some of this stuff in the run-up to an anticipated death is a wise move, especially if the research is done by someone a little removed from the emotions, as in the case of the OP. It will make things easier for K_P83's mother, aunts and uncles if some of the problems have been anticipated and useful information collected.

Nine_Lives

Just thought i'd pop back in on this one with a quick update from today.

My granddad died earlier in the week. His kids are sorting things over the coming days/weeks/months, but my mum said she's already discussed this matter with one of her sisters & that once all the immediate stuff has been sorted, they will be looking into this.

And so it begins...

pinkclouds

K_P83 wrote: »

Just thought i'd pop back in on this one with a quick update from today.

My granddad died earlier in the week. His kids are sorting things over the coming days/weeks/months, but my mum said she's already discussed this matter with one of her sisters & that once all the immediate stuff has been sorted, they will be looking into this.

And so it begins...

Sorry for your loss. I hope the aftermath will not be as fraught as you fear.

Nine_Lives

Thanks. My mum has coped surprisingly well so far. I thought she'd be in floods of tears. She's been upset, but not what i expected. She said it's because she's used all her tears on my dad at the back end of last year. Personally i don't understand this as if you're upset over someone dying, then you're upset. It's not like you have a quota of tears. But still, i'm just glad she's coping. I saw one of my aunts who seems to be ok too. Another one of my aunts was banned by my granddad from seeing him when he was in a hospice in his final days. That must be terrible.

Anyway, hope this all gets sorted swiftly for those involved.