Uncooperative Sibling

Poppy9

How much did she take out? What bills was she paying; council tax, utilities?


When MIL died while house was emptied we continued to pay bills for gardener etc. so house didn't look empty. MIL didn't normally have a bill from the gardener she just paid him cash. He just gave us a slip of paper to say he had cut grass etc. on specified dates and we handed to solicitor who reimbursed us a year later when estate finalised. Solicitor paid utility bills directly.

Mr_Gnu

Great advice iammumtoone thanks very much!

I spoke to a lady at the bereavement dept and she said I should send a letter with a copy of the death certificate so I've done that today I'm pretty sure she said there should have been all four signatures of next of kin not just the one so the unc sib could have made a mistake there. I've asked for copies of paperwork so it could be useful in getting her to cooperate.

Hi poppy9 it's not a large ammount but I believe she had £2k more away before he died.

I don't know what bills she was paying if any.I don't even know if the house is insured anymore if there's no one living there.My sister says she asked unc sib for a key at a recent visit and was told she would get one but she hopped it back to surrey without leaving one.

Poppy9

You really need to insure the house. It won't be cheap but it's necessary

Mr_Gnu

Our first sol said it's insured but I'm unsure about the rules if it's vacated.She has belongings there because I had a communication tonight from my sister saying unc sib is ready to cooperate supposedly and she will "take her belongings and sort the keys out" so a ray of hope at last so now it's a case of waiting for solicitor communication. Hopefully she will agree to my sol doing the conveyancing and things will begin moving.

Poppy9

You have to tell insurers it's empty as normal house insurance is only allow for unoccupied for 30 days.


We had to go with a different insurer and I think we paid over £400 to insure it while it was unoccupied.

Mr_Gnu

Poppy9 wrote: »

You have to tell insurers it's empty as normal house insurance is only allow for unoccupied for 30 days.


We had to go with a different insurer and I think we paid over £400 to insure it while it was unoccupied.

Goodness me! Well I hope she comes up with three keys then at least we can make it look occupied or maybe we could insure it between us if she's just playing with our heads.

wwl

Mr_Gnu wrote: »

No idea what an an indemnity is, so she could have taken the money legally?I was hoping to use that to make her cooperate.

Some banks will release funds before probate on sight of the will (which incidentally would be trivial to fake), but they require a signature which basically means the person accepting the funds accepts liability if it turns out the bank shouldn't have released funds to them.
The wording on the form I signed with Lloyds is :
"I promise that I will be responsible for any losses and/or expenses incurred by Lloyds Bank which are the result of any untrue, misleading or inaccurate information deliberately given by me"

Mr_Gnu

wwl wrote: »

Some banks will release funds before probate on sight of the will (which incidentally would be trivial to fake), but they require a signature which basically means the person accepting the funds accepts liability if it turns out the bank shouldn't have released funds to them.
The wording on the form I signed with Lloyds is :
"I promise that I will be responsible for any losses and/or expenses incurred by Lloyds Bank which are the result of any untrue, misleading or inaccurate information deliberately given by me"

Thanks for the explanation. Hopefully they will send me some paperwork so I can show my solicitor if need be.

woody2234

Did your dad transfer the mortgage to your bad sister and shes now paid mortgage off but siblings do not know this

sorry if these have been answered in posts but I could not see them

Mr_Gnu

woody2234 wrote: »

1 you havent said if the bad sister works and is on 50k a year or does not work

2 did your dad transfer the mortgage to your bad sister and shes now paid mortgage off but siblings do not know this

sorry if these have been answered in posts but I could not see them

Hi.

1, was working mostly whilst here not quite £50k I don't think,was laid off last I heard.

2, No.