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The latter.
I would just add that it depends just exactly what stage LNE had reached in his NE-ness.
We had a decree nisi but no decree absolute. According to the law, we were still married. Various organisations tried to tell me I couldn't claim things as a widow because I wasn't properly widowed (eg the DWP). I just set my divorce solicitor onto them and he pretty quickly sorted them out for me.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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We had a decree nisi but no decree absolute. According to the law, we were still married. Various organisations tried to tell me I couldn't claim things as a widow because I wasn't properly widowed (eg the DWP). I just set my divorce solicitor onto them and he pretty quickly sorted them out for me.
I knew an "ex-couple" to whom the same happened. He walked out in front of a car 5 weeks after the nisi and a week before he could apply for the absolute.
In consequence she got the house as sole survivor and as he had not written a will, the rest through intestacy.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
Today's installment of Nikkster's photo diary...
Here is my olive tree, (whispers) not nearly as impressive as yours lir! He was the first plant I bought when I moved in here, from Aldi earlier this year. He lives in the lean-to, but I've sat him outside for the past couple of months. In the background you can see what I've been filling the wheelie bin with for the past couple of collections - In some places I've taken off well over 5' 3.5'' :eek:
Whilst I was outside just now, thought I'd see if any runner beans were ready to pick (impatient!), they weren't... but I had another exciting surprise:
Baby butternut squashes!
And (drumroll), here is the not-so-little beauty from this morning:
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I knew an "ex-couple" to whom the same happened. He walked out in front of a car 5 weeks after the nisi and a week before he could apply for the absolute.
In consequence she got the house as sole survivor and as he had not written a will, the rest through intestacy.
LNE had written a will, years earlier, naming me as sole beneficiary and executor. The executor bit was the only bit that mattered. His estate was insolvent because his debts were slightly greater than his assets, even once we added in the extras - the income tax rebate, write-off value of the car and so on.
I was glad for our kids' sake, though, that he hadn't written a new will, because he would probably have appointed his parents as executors, and although they are kind people and fond grandparents, I feel that it was better for our kids that the person in charge of clearing what had been their second home was the person they were living with. I offered his parents to take anything from his house that they wanted, after it had been valued for the insolvency of course, but they only wanted one or two quite small items of no resale value.
So although being executor was a bit stressful - not just because of the insolvency but also because of only having an interim death certificate rather than a proper one - I think it was worth it.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Is this like Where's Wally?
I give up .... is he in the pot?
The thing in the pot in the foreground of the photo looks like an olive tree to me.
I was given one once as a leaving present from a job. It was an odd choice of present because it was at a stage of my life when I was moving frequently between short term rented houses, so I took it to my parents' house and asked them to look after it for me. It's still there and I see it when I visit them. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Chav Alert!
That's exactly what I thought. I kept my head down and made sure that I didn't make contact with any of the drivers waiting at the traffic lights. Should have put the hood up on my jacket really. Though I draw the line at wearing my joggers in a low-slung manner.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Is this like Where's Wally?
I give up .... is he in the pot?
Yes - in the terracotta coloured pot. No good looking for something like Olive Inrates!0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I've never had mussels.... or oysters ... and never intend to start!!
They sound slimey/nasty
I remember one year on holiday dad bumped into a work colleague on the beach and they went off to collect mussels from the rocks on the shoreline... then they cooked/ate them. I disappeared off, I had no wish to see mussels, or see people eating them.... ewwww. I think his work colleague was a Spaniard - and dad had been from an island.... so these things were probably normal for both of them.. not for me!
On holiday on the Ardnamurchan Penisula many moons ago we collected mussels and cooked them for supper.
I had not washed them for long enough and they were all gritty. Put DD off for life, Mussels are never getting a second chance with her.
She is out this evening so is not having any with us.0 -
We had a decree nisi but no decree absolute. According to the law, we were still married. Various organisations tried to tell me I couldn't claim things as a widow because I wasn't properly widowed (eg the DWP). I just set my divorce solicitor onto them and he pretty quickly sorted them out for me.
That's what I thought the position was with LNE, but I didn't want to say anything too explicit because it is quite private. I am 90% sure that you are eligible to inherit his £325k allowance. More than 90%, actually, but not 100%.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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