Simple Probate - Very Very Quick

iheartbristol

Hi Everyone,

Not a question but information as I've seen so many people asking how long does probate take. My father passed away middle of last month and my mother and I have needed to obtain probate to be able to claim a few things.

We had the probate interview on Tuesday this week and the probate documents landed on the doormat this morning - I am compeltely amazed. Having it happen so quick has relieved no end of worry and I thought people might like to know how quickly it can actually happen with a simple situation: everything to the surviving spouse, no ex wives/children etc.

We got the probate forms online filled in a soon as we got the death certificate, then the minute we got the funeral estimate for the forms we sent them off, so I think we were fairly quick off the mark.

RAS

Have you advertised for creditors?

Unless you do this, the executors or adminstrators remain open to claims from anyone to whom the deceased owed money, for a considerable period (anything up to 6 years).

PreludeForTimeFeelers

RAS wrote: »

Have you advertised for creditors?

Unless you do this, the executors or adminstrators remain open to claims from anyone to whom the deceased owed money, for a considerable period (anything up to 6 years).

How do you go about doing this?

seabright

Advert in local paper. Have a look in the "notices" section of the classified ads and you'll find wording to copy.

Savvy_Sue

seabright wrote: »

Advert in local paper. Have a look in the "notices" section of the classified ads and you'll find wording to copy.

Also in the London Gazette.

It could be worth getting a book about wills from the library - just check it's up to date - just to check out this kind of thing.

Hermia

It took ages when my dad died and it was also a very simple will. Everything was left to her and there were no other people who could make a claim on his estate. It took several months and she had to travel to a court 15 miles away to swear an oath. He didn't have much money, but he had a few shares he'd been given by his company once. Even though they were not worth much they were apparantly the thing that caused the hold up.