Probate/intestacy stalemate query

getmore4less

I don't see your response on the fool.

madbadrob

getmore4less wrote: »

I don't see your response on the fool.

Its right at the bottom of his post and starts with "thanks again for taking time ...."

Rob

posttokev

madbadrob wrote: »

Its right at the bottom of his post and starts with "thanks again for taking time ...."

Rob

That's right. I've taken the respondent's details out so the end of his reply might not be clear.

getmore4less

but that is not where it needs to be it needs to be posted on the fool site not here.

you only have 1 post on that site and have not followed up the help you got there.

posttokev

getmore4less wrote: »

but that is not where it needs to be it needs to be posted on the fool site not here.

you only have 1 post on that site and have not followed up the help you got there.

The respondent is replying via email, not via the site. I have followed up the help I got there. You are incorrect.

getmore4less

posttokev wrote: »

The respondent is replying via email, not via the site. I have followed up the help I got there. You are incorrect.

If it was a personal email you should ask them before posting the contents here.

posttokev

getmore4less wrote: »

If it was a personal email you should ask them before posting the contents here.

It's also posted on the board.

posttokev

Something else that's been raised...

Can The Inheritance Act be of use to us? (In 2004, a daughter brought a claim against her mother’s estate as a child of the deceased who did not receive reasonable financial provision from her estate. Despite the fact the mother’s will was accompanied by a letter of wishes explaining why she had excluded the daughter from her estate, the Court ruled in the daughter’s favour in 2007. It found that reasonable financial provision had not been made for the daughter from her mother’s estate and awarded her £50,000.)

There's more to this story as the daughter then pushed for more money, but would this be a line a solicitor should be pursuing for my mother?

NAR

Think you would have to look into the factors that brought about that case and decision, before thinking it could be of use to you.
Factors such as age, dependency on parents, disability etc.

rpc

If you go down the route of the Inheritance Act, you are basically saying that the will your uncle has is valid but should be varied.

The best line to take IMHO is to maintain that there was no will and the death was intestate. Then you need to make the argument that the copy your uncle has does not constitute a valid will.