Grant of Confirmation

SuperHans_1964

Many thanks, buddy9!

Should I request an individual Confirmation certificate for the house? I had only intended to do so for each equity holding and her large account balance with Virgin Money, which is above their £50,000 limit.

buddy9

My advice would be to obtain a confirmation certificate for the house share and instruct a conveyancer to register A’s ownership of the house in the Land Register of Scotland.

SuperHans_1964

Great idea.

Thanks again, buddy.

msieperson7565

2. Myname of myaddress Executor Nominate and son of the deceased, having been appointed one of the three Executors in the Last Will and Testament of the late personwhodied, dated deathdate. Along with me, the Executors are otherexecutor of otherexecutoraddress, and otherexecutor2 of otherexecutor2address. There are no codicils or other testamentary writings associated with the Will. All three Executors have agreed to act. The original Will is submitted with this application and is docquetted as follows: ‘Referred to in my declaration of this date to the Inventory of the estate of the late personwhodied.’ 

3. That I myname have entered or am about to enter, upon posession and management of the deceased's estate as executor foresaid along with the said 
otherexecutor and otherexecutor2



The will lists the executors/trustees as follows. 

Trustees

I appoint my wife, wifename, residing with me at address, my daughter, daughtername residing at address; and my son, sonname, residing at address to be my Executors and Trustees (hereinafter referred to as "my Trustees").

Do i need all 3 to sign the c1 application? Or does the signature of the applicant(myself) suffice? If so would their signatures just be required on the docquet attached to the will? 

msieperson7565

msieperson7565 said:

2. Myname of myaddress Executor Nominate and son of the deceased, having been appointed one of the three Executors in the Last Will and Testament of the late personwhodied, dated deathdate. Along with me, the Executors are otherexecutor of otherexecutoraddress, and otherexecutor2 of otherexecutor2address. There are no codicils or other testamentary writings associated with the Will. All three Executors have agreed to act. The original Will is submitted with this application and is docquetted as follows: ‘Referred to in my declaration of this date to the Inventory of the estate of the late personwhodied.’ 

3. That I myname have entered or am about to enter, upon posession and management of the deceased's estate as executor foresaid along with the said 
otherexecutor and otherexecutor2



The will lists the executors/trustees as follows. 

Trustees

I appoint my wife, wifename, residing with me at address, my daughter, daughtername residing at address; and my son, sonname, residing at address to be my Executors and Trustees (hereinafter referred to as "my Trustees").

Do i need all 3 to sign the c1 application? Or does the signature of the applicant(myself) suffice? If so would their signatures just be required on the docquet attached to the will? 

In case anyone has this issue in future the courts clarified that I do not need them all to sign, just the applicant requires signature on docquet and application, as long as other executors are listed on the application

buddy9

msieperson7565 said:

2. Myname of myaddress Executor Nominate and son of the deceased, having been appointed one of the three Executors in the Last Will and Testament of the late personwhodied, dated deathdate. Along with me, the Executors are otherexecutor of otherexecutoraddress, and otherexecutor2 of otherexecutor2address. There are no codicils or other testamentary writings associated with the Will. All three Executors have agreed to act. The original Will is submitted with this application and is docquetted as follows: ‘Referred to in my declaration of this date to the Inventory of the estate of the late personwhodied.’ 

3. That I myname have entered or am about to enter, upon posession and management of the deceased's estate as executor foresaid along with the said 
otherexecutor and otherexecutor2



The will lists the executors/trustees as follows. 

Trustees

I appoint my wife, wifename, residing with me at address, my daughter, daughtername residing at address; and my son, sonname, residing at address to be my Executors and Trustees (hereinafter referred to as "my Trustees").

Do i need all 3 to sign the c1 application? Or does the signature of the applicant(myself) suffice? If so would their signatures just be required on the docquet attached to the will? 

If this is a proposed para 2 entry, I suggest you change to read as per example below, but inserting the correct names and addresses. The example below assumes:

• that there are no corrections required due to name or address changes from that shown in the will, 

• that there are no name or address errors in the will, 

• that you hold the original will, and

• that the deceased was still married at date of death.

2. That I am

along with Jean Anne Gow residing at 2 Old Street, Doune FK16 4DS and Mary Black residing at 7 New Street, Doune, FK16 5SA, the executor nominate of the deceased, conform to his will dated [insert date of will] herewith produced, docquetted and signed by me as relative hereto and I am the son of the deceased, the said Jean Anne Gow is the wife of the deceased, and the said Mary Black is the daughter of the deceased.

There is a will docquet example here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4965475/grant-of-confirmation/p59

gazt2025

Hi first of all can I say thanks to all the assistance from previous post on here. My MIL passed a few weeks ago and left a will with my Wife and BIL as named executors. I think I have para 2 as below but could one of you kind people run an eye over it?

That I am

along with (Full name of BIL) residing at (Full address of BIL), the executor nominate of the said deceased conform to her will dated 12/08/2022 which is produced herewith, docquetted and signed by me as relative hereto and that myself and the said (Full name of BIL) are children of the said deceased.

Does para 3 need completed as no other executors other than wife and BIL?
Thanks in advance

buddy9

gazt2025 said:

Hi first of all can I say thanks to all the assistance from previous post on here. My MIL passed a few weeks ago and left a will with my Wife and BIL as named executors. I think I have para 2 as below but could one of you kind people run an eye over it?

That I am

along with (Full name of BIL) residing at (Full address of BIL), the executor nominate of the said deceased conform to her will dated 12/08/2022 which is produced herewith, docquetted and signed by me as relative hereto and that myself and the said (Full name of BIL) are children of the said deceased.

Does para 3 need completed as no other executors other than wife and BIL?
Thanks in advance

I think that using the format ‘12 August 2022’ would be better. The first three bullets in my post above would also be a relevant consideration here

Para 3 needs completed. The declarant executor’s full name is entered in the first box and BIL’s full name entered in the second box.

edn_mc1

Hi, I am still waiting to hear from the court regarding the C1 application I resubmitted a few weeks ago. I am hoping they will contact me soon and I want to make sure I have the funds to cover the fees. The Sheriff court website fees page states 'Commissary - Receiving and examining inventory, value of estate not exceeding: up to £250,000 - £341, Exceeding £250,000 - £684.' I am not sure if this means just the inventory value or the total estate value (including the property passed by survivorship). In my C1, the value of the inventory is below £250,000, but when I include the property, which I added in box 23, it is over £400,000. Does this mean I will be charged the higher amount? Thanks.

buddy9

edn_mc1 said:

Hi, I am still waiting to hear from the court regarding the C1 application I resubmitted a few weeks ago. I am hoping they will contact me soon and I want to make sure I have the funds to cover the fees. The Sheriff court website fees page states 'Commissary - Receiving and examining inventory, value of estate not exceeding: up to £250,000 - £341, Exceeding £250,000 - £684.' I am not sure if this means just the inventory value or the total estate value (including the property passed by survivorship). In my C1, the value of the inventory is below £250,000, but when I include the property, which I added in box 23, it is over £400,000. Does this mean I will be charged the higher amount? Thanks.

You should be charged the lower fee relevant to an estate not exceeding £250,000. (Plus any additional charge for requested certificates or copies etc.).