who inherits now ?

p00hsticks

drumbasher4 wrote: »

Thank you all for your input .
Our point is this ..... there seems to be confusion .
There is confusion on this forum too .
So you go to one solicitor and accept what they say .
You go to another solicitor and it's a different .
If you only check one out who is right?.... and we think we are about to prove this .
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There is confusion / disagreement on this site because

a) most (all ?) the people posting aren't solicitors and have varying degrees of legal knowledge
and
b) no-one posting here has had sight of exactly what the will says.

I'd expect a qualified solicitor shown the will to be able to quickly give a definitive answer to your question - I don't think it's a complicated question for someone who has both the legal knowledge and sees the precise wording in the will.

Keep_pedalling

It sounds like you are hoping that one out of the three will give you the answer you are looking for and I can assure you this will not be the case. From what you have told us it looks like you nephew should inherit 1/3rd of the estate, however if the exact wording of the will means this is not the case then the first solicitor you take this too will confirm this.

As executor your duty is to maximise the amount of money the beneficiaries receive. Charging the estate for taking legal advice on this is fair enough, but tripling those costs is not so if you are going to get second and third opinions you should do that at your own expense.