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Executor trying to pressure beneficiaries to sell property to him

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  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    Tuesday_Tenor wrote: »
    Yes, indeed. Particularly as it seems from other posts on this forum, that at the oath swearing, an executor who has taken the lead, can simply swear that they have informed the others.
    In which case, they become hostage to the others .... Only a fool would swear falsely on something like this where they could so easily be caught out.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    Tuesday_Tenor wrote: »
    Yes, indeed. Particularly as it seems from other posts on this forum, that at the oath swearing, an executor who has taken the lead, can simply swear that they have informed the others.
    ValHaller wrote: »
    In which case, they become hostage to the others .... Only a fool would swear falsely on something like this where they could so easily be caught out.

    Wouldn't it end up as a "I told them", "No you didn't" squabble?
  • joerugby
    joerugby Posts: 1,180 Forumite
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    Mojisola wrote: »
    Wouldn't it end up as a "I told them", "No you didn't" squabble?

    The notes which you have to sign alongside the oath require the notice given to the other executors to be in writing, so there needs to be some evidence
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    Mojisola wrote: »
    Wouldn't it end up as a "I told them", "No you didn't" squabble?
    A says B and C stood down. B and C say they did not.

    I would take B and C's testimony of their own position over A's oath on B and C every time if A cannot produce anything in writing from B and C
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • CT41
    CT41 Posts: 29 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone for their posts. Bottom line father-in-law is not agreeing to anything until His brother has shared all the info with him.
  • madbadrob
    madbadrob Posts: 1,490 Forumite
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    CT41 and that is how it should be. Let us know how he gets on
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