IHT solicitor 'no win - no fee' service?

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getmore4less wrote: »

Only if someone asks you to.

Just ignoring an estate as a named executor can't possibly create a liability, you may not even know you are named.

He could pretend he didn't see the will.

xylophone

What do you mean by a grant?

A Grant of Probate.

https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/overview

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xylophone wrote: »

A Grant of Probate.

https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/overview

Oh I see, thank you.

xylophone

Thank you Sam. All benefactors would not be in agreement as if the executor becomes homeless he would have to come live with me or my sister ; ) The other benefactor wouldn't care if the executor became homeless as far as I can tell.

The sibling executor is also a beneficiary - He would use his share of the legacy to buy/rent himself a home?

Why should he have to live with a sibling? he is living alone at the moment?

If he is mentally ill, you might need to involve social services?

Incidentally, you do understand the difference between a benefactor and a beneficiary?

A benefactor is a person who donates money or other goods/assistance to a person or cause, sometimes, though not necessarily, through a will.

A beneficiary receives money/goods/help etc from the benefactor, again, not necessarily through a will.

The recipients of bequests and legacies under a will are known as beneficiaries because they benefit from post mortem gifts of a benefactor, in this case the Testator.

xylophone

Thank you Sam. All benefactors would not be in agreement as if the executor becomes homeless he would have to come live with me or my sister ; ) The other benefactor wouldn't care if the executor became homeless as far as I can tell.

The sibling executor is also a beneficiary - he would use his share of the legacy to buy/rent himself a home?

Why should he have to live with a sibling? He is living alone at the moment?

If he is mentally ill, you might need to involve social services?

Incidentally, you do understand the difference between a benefactor and a beneficiary?

A benefactor is a person who donates money or other goods/assistance to a person or cause, sometimes, though not necessarily, through a will.

A beneficiary receives money/goods/help etc from the benefactor, again, not necessarily through a will.

The recipients of bequests and legacies under a will are known as beneficiaries because they benefit from post mortem gifts of a benefactor, in this case the Testator.

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xylophone wrote: »

The sibling executor is also a beneficiary - he would use his share of the legacy to buy/rent himself a home?

Why should he have to live with a sibling? He is living alone at the moment?

If he is mentally ill, you might need to involve social services?

Incidentally, you do understand the difference between a benefactor and a beneficiary?

A benefactor is a person who donates money or other goods/assistance to a person or cause, sometimes, though not necessarily, through a will.

A beneficiary receives money/goods/help etc from the benefactor, again, not necessarily through a will.

The recipients of bequests and legacies under a will are known as beneficiaries because they benefit from post mortem gifts of a benefactor, in this case the Testator.

Thank you xylophone, I was following you up to 'testator'?. I incorrectly said benefactors instead of beneficiaries.
He might become homeless as with the fines, interest on IHT and how the estate is to be sectioned up, he will have very little left to buy anything. He wouldn't like the idea of social services involved and neither would I.

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xylophone wrote: »

A testator is a person who has written and executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of his/her death. It is any "person who makes a will."

Thank you xylophone.

xylophone

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/testator

might also be worth a look.

A rental property could be found for your brother?

Or he might forgo his interest in the second property in favour of the brother with whom he is to divide the first property and perhaps pay some rent or pay off his sibling by degrees?

Have you approached a STEP solicitor? Nothing can be done until you or your siblings take action- it is as simple as that.

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xylophone wrote: »

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/testator

might also be worth a look.

A rental property could be found for your brother?

Or he might forgo his interest in the second property in favour of the brother with whom he is to divide the first property and perhaps pay some rent or pay off his sibling by degrees?

Have you approached a STEP solicitor? Nothing can be done until you or your siblings take action- it is as simple as that.

If the IHT allowance isn't reinstated in addition to all the fines, if he kept the first property the seconds value would be 0%.
I have now been handed the responsibility of trying to find a suitable steps solicitor after I offered to, and they will be willing to take it from there.