Will issues.

G6JNS

getmore4less wrote: »

Nothing said so far would indicate they have done anything wrong.

Edit : just reminded myself of the detail

except paying for wake and flowers but that is easly fixed if needed.

It really is time you stopped selectively quoting in a way that gives a false impression. Frankly you do it far too often. I was replying to what another poster said about wills in general not necessarily this particular thread.

me_again_2

oops, can of worms opened here?

So my naughty actions were paying for the wake and flowers expecting there to be some money left.
I totally agree and did not realise he owed the amount of money our that he did. Totally unlike him not to have all bills in credit. Easily solved, it was only around £200 for both.

Furniture, this seems to be divided.
But it was honestly worth very little. I would have cost me more in fuel to go there each time someone wanted to collect the stuff than we would have got for selling it.

Still waiting for the council to send us all the final figures. They are useless.

The IAO thing is confusing to me. It mentions us having to repay our fees. We have not taken a penny except the £200 for the flowers and wake. Repaying that is not a problem.

Then it mentions interest free loans and beneficiaries. None of which apply also.

Then it mentions trustees and bankruptcy. We are talking hundreds of pounds only.
My wife will not go to anything like these and as mentioned, I have health issues and may not be able to attend the appointments.
I could be halfway out the front door then be unable to go.
Bodily functions etc. not mental issues.

I presume if trustees are to be used they must be paid. So in essence i give them all the money and that covers their fees and they then write to everyone and say sorry no money left?


PS.
Good news is that we got £4 back from Npower.

me_again_2

anyone?

Thank you.

theoretica

Does your wife as named executor have legal advice on any of her insurances, or do either of you work for a big employer with a good employee assistance programme? These can advise similar to CAB, but without the queues.

cte1111

I think you've done the right thing. An old style TV would not raise any money, you would likely struggle to even get rid of it on freecycle. The same for the old furniture, particularly if it hadn't been looked after.

What you (acting as effective executor in your partner's stead) need to do is find out all the debts. It sounds like you've been working towards this. You need to do a little balance sheet of the assets and debts:

Assets
Bank account £1800
Npower refund £4
Refund from TV license ?

Debts
Funeral £1200
Council tax £800
Gas £400
Overpayment from pension £720

The funeral needs to be paid first, so add up the assets, then take off the funeral costs. This will leave say £300 assets with debts of £2200. You then write to each creditor stating the facts above. They will receive their share of the remaining cash, e.g. if the pension overpayment is £700 out of the £2200, then they will receive 700 / 2200 * 300.

Hope that makes sense. If the family have retained any sentimental items and they have a market value, e.g. you would get money from them on ebay after fees and postage, this value should be added to the assets. The family member that has the item then needs to contribute this amount to the pot.

me_again_2

Theoretica. No partner is not working and she wont deal with this in any way. Having lost both parents in less than 2 years she is taking it hard.

Doesnt want things hanging around reminder her. Even had to sell the car because we bought it to take them out more.
Every time she got in the car she would think my mum sat here.

cte1111, Thanks for the help. I seem to be doing things mostly the right way around.
Family contributing for the trinkets they have. Well that will be fun. Not a lot of value there. But i have an item he bought a year or so back for £40. Got it hidden away from the wife.

Still waiting for the Council to sort out the rent etc. Surely it would only take a couple of mouse clicks to to send us a bill or refund?

Why does it take 4 months+? Miss a payment one week and a letter soon arrives.

Thanks

g6jns_2

me_again wrote: »

Theoretica. No partner is not working and she wont deal with this in any way. Having lost both parents in less than 2 years she is taking it hard.

Doesnt want things hanging around reminder her. Even had to sell the car because we bought it to take them out more.
Every time she got in the car she would think my mum sat here.

cte1111, Thanks for the help. I seem to be doing things mostly the right way around.
Family contributing for the trinkets they have. Well that will be fun. Not a lot of value there. But i have an item he bought a year or so back for £40. Got it hidden away from the wife.

Still waiting for the Council to sort out the rent etc. Surely it would only take a couple of mouse clicks to to send us a bill or refund?

Why does it take 4 months+? Miss a payment one week and a letter soon arrives.

Thanks

You might achieve more by going and seeing the council. They are notorious for dealing slowly with correspondence.

me_again_2

Sorry just back for a whinge.

And yet more waiting. I phoned them a week or so back to be told that no refund had been requested. But armed with several sheets of A4 paper with many scribbles of names, dates and times I managed to convince them otherwise.

If i had not requested a refund how would I know their names and numbers and why have I posted and emailed documents to them that they never seem to receive.

Seems it did not get refunded because my name is not on the will, here we go again. pass phone to wife to give them permission (again).
They have now added my name an authorised to handle the account (again).

Put me on hold to speak to the refund department, Seems you cannot speak to them directly.
Comes back and says the problem is the will has not been signed by a judge/court or a solicitor.

I had to laugh and said who needs a judge or court to sign a will, Nobody and I said that a solicitor would charge more than the estate was worth.
The will was simple, pay the bills and anything left over goes to the children. No need for a solicitor.

Puts me on hold again and comes back to say they cannot pay the funds back into the main account he used to pay the rent with. They need to send a cheque to my partner.

Partner not happy that it is still hanging around us and she wants to get it over and move on.

Thanks.