Left The House In My Late Mum's Will But My Sisters Refuse To Sell It-HELP!

Somerset

annbarbs wrote: »

It's just a question of when and it could be as late as 2017 before the house is finally sold and I get my money from the house.
But my solicitor said that I should expect to receive the money on the 1st anniversary of mums death.
My mum died in November 2015 so it should be sorted out by then.

So what are you repeatedly posting for ?


Wait !!

nom_de_plume

annbarbs wrote: »

My Solicitor cannot give me an exact time as to when the house will be sold. Nobody can. But he said I should expect to receive the money from my mums estate the latest by the first anniversary of my mums death.
As she died in November 2015 that should be the end of this year.

If my sisters refuse to sell the house or deal with the property in a reasonable amount of time, they can be taken to court and forced to do it.

That's what my solicitor and other legal advisers I have seen have told me.

Hi annbarbs.

It sounds like your solicitor understands the situation fully and has correctly advised you. You've also received some great advice from this forum.

Right now you need to step back from this and wait and see what happens. I expect your sisters will be aware of their legal obligations, particularly as solicitors have been involved, so I guess they will get on with things eventually.

Speaking from a personal point of view, I dealt with an estate where I was an executor and beneficiary. There were 2 properties but they only needed ownership transferring with no need to have to sell them. That estate still took over 6 months to deal with and I had a good knowledge of the deceased's affairs prior to their passing.

My daughter has some mental health issues. Any concerns that come up any time day or night need dealing with immediately. She cannot wait and will ring me at work, at play or anywhere. Things cannot wait. I even had a phone call in the middle of the night once on a North Sea Ferry! I don't know what your particular illness involves and indeed it's none of my business but I see a little of my daughter in your posts and I suspect your illness may be affecting how you're dealing with this.

Maybe you should discuss what's going on with your CMHT and ask for some help. Not with the legal side - that's for your solicitor - but with coping with what's going on with your Mum's estate and perhaps even with grieving her passing.

I'm sure it will all work out in the end with a little patience on your side. I'll be watching this space with interest.

Take good care of yourself!

System

I was with the CMHT but they discharged me a year ago so I don't have a Keyworker or psychiatrist now.now.

I only have the GP but I have just heard before Christmas that my GP surgery is closing at the end of March. They wrote to me and told me.
So now I've got to find another GP which isn't helping, since it's another thing I have got to worry about as well as this.

But I still have minimum contact with my Ex-CMHT Social worker and can go to the office and speak to the duty officer if I have to.
But they are not providing regular support because I am discharged.

I did go to the CMHT when I found out my mum had died and I also saw my Ex-Social worker who told me I could sell the house.

But she obviously did not foresee the problems my sisters are causing by ignoring their obligation to sell.
And does not know much about the law of Probate.

I am thinking of going back to the CMHT to see her or maybe the duty officer my old social worker is not there. To tell her that my sisters don't want to sell the house and have so far done nothing about it.
But there is nothing the CMHT can do about it.
Only a solicitor can help with that.

Yes my old CMHT social Worker knows I have got a Solicitor because I told her.
But I don't have any support from the MH services at the moment.
I am doing this alone, apart from the Solicitor who is writing and talking to my sisters solicitors of course.

My relationship with my sisters is hostile and they don't want any contact with me. So I cannot talk to my sisters or go round there to see them.
They won't even let me in the house.

My solicitor knows my situation with my sisters because I told him and he has advised me not to phone them or go round to their house. As he thinks that will only make things worse. So I have taken his advice and have not tried to phone them or see them.

Because I fear that if I did that my sisters could use that against me if I did. So my solicitor is communicating with my sisters though their solicitors. If my sisters are no longer using their solicitors and are dealing with the estate themselves then he will write to my sisters on my behalf.
But he has advised me not to try to see them or phone them because they don't want to see me.

Mojisola

annbarbs wrote: »

I am thinking of going back to the CMHT to see her or maybe the duty officer my old social worker is not there. To tell her that my sisters don't want to sell the house and have so far done nothing about it.

But there is nothing the CMHT can do about it.

She should be able to help you deal with your feelings and reaction to it.

But I don't have any support from the MH services at the moment.

Perhaps you should be? It's not easy to deal with the death of a parent, especially when siblings are making things more difficult.

As far as the inheritance goes, nothing much will happen for months so don't get stressed over it (or run up a big bill with the solicitor by making frequent contact).

Concentrate on your own health for the time being.

System

Mojisola wrote: »

Perhaps you should be? It's not easy to deal with the death of a parent, especially when siblings are making things more difficult.

As far as the inheritance goes, nothing much will happen for months so don't get stressed over it (or run up a big bill with the solicitor by making frequent contact).

Concentrate on your own health for the time being.

Well I was never very close to mum anyway. And I had not seen her since 2008. So I am not really effected by mums death.
I was very close to my dad but when he died in 2003 my mother and my sisters turned their back on me and cut me off without contact.

But I managed to find one of my uncles who talked to my mum and after that mum did phone me and let me visit her at her house.
But it was never a close relationship after that and she never helped me in any way.
And I never got back with my sisters who were never close to me in the first place.

So I was very surprised when my sisters solicitors wrote to me and told me that my mother had made a will and had included me in it. As I did not expect it.
I will never understand why mum and my sisters turned their back on me when my father died.

When dad was alive my mum was alright to me but when dad died she changed and because a completely different person.
And although I did get contact back with my mum she was not the same person I knew when my dad was alive.

The mum I knew when dad was alive did care about me and help me. But the mum I knew when dad died didn't. She was a different person. She turned from loving mum to the mum who rejected me and turned her back on me after dad died.

But the last human corner of mum somehow remembered me or remembered she had another daughter and included me in her will.
She did not have to.

She could have cut me out of her will but she didn't.
Maybe mum was not as bad as I thought she was.

My CMHT discharged me in June 2014. My GP has since referred me back to the CMHT and I did go to a mental health solicitor under Legal Aid who did talk to the CMHT but my CMHT say I am not ill enough to qualify for their services. And would not take me back. So I only have the GP right now. Who is very supportive but that practice is closing at the end of March. So I have to look for another GP which I am not happy about.

iammumtoone

annbarbs wrote: »

I am thinking of going back to the CMHT to see her or maybe the duty officer my old social worker is not there. To tell her that my sisters don't want to sell the house and have so far done nothing about it.
But there is nothing the CMHT can do about it.
Only a solicitor can help with that.

You are right a social worker will not be able to help with the sale of the house but they will help you with how to deal with your emotions regarding it. I suggest that you print out this thread to let them read through it.

As you are not speaking to your sisters you don't know that they don't want to sell the house. You do know that it hasn't been put up for sale yet but it is very early (maybe the house needs work first). Unfortunately these things do not happen very quick. If the house has not been put on the market in 6 months, then maybe then is the time to start questioning it.

When your solicitor says you should expect the money late 2007, this does not mean you will definately have the money by then, it may take longer.

There is nothing you or your solicitor can do for now, it is just a case of waiting. As others have mentioned every time you speak to them or ask then to write a letter it will be costing you money.

System

iammumtoone wrote: »

You are right a social worker will not be able to help with the sale of the house but they will help you with how to deal with your emotions regarding it. I suggest that you print out this thread to let them read through it.

As you are not speaking to your sisters you don't know that they don't want to sell the house. You do know that it hasn't been put up for sale yet but it is very early (maybe the house needs work first). Unfortunately these things do not happen very quick. If the house has not been put on the market in 6 months, then maybe then is the time to start questioning it.

When your solicitor says you should expect the money late 2007, this does not mean you will definately have the money by then, it may take longer.

There is nothing you or your solicitor can do for now, it is just a case of waiting. As others have mentioned every time you speak to them or ask then to write a letter it will be costing you money.

Have you read my last post?
My CMHT won't take me back my GP has referred me to them twice and they say I am not ill enough to need their services.

I don't agree with them and have argued with them but there is nothing I can do about it.


My Solicitor has told me that I should expect the estate to be dealt with and receive my money on the anniversary of my mothers death which will be November 2016 not 2017.

iammumtoone

annbarbs wrote: »

Have you read my last post?
My CMHT won't take me back my GP has referred me to them twice and they say I am not ill enough to need their services.

I don't agree with them and have argued with them but there is nothing I can do about it.

Sorry to hear that. You did say you could go to the office to speak to them. Will they be able to go through and help you with the contents of this thread.

annbarbs wrote: »

My Solicitor has told me that I should expect the estate to be dealt with and receive my money on the anniversary of my mothers death which will be November 2016 not 2017.

I appreciate that and hope it is resolved by then for you. But you need to be aware that it may not be. It is just an average date when most cases are sorted by, it doesn't mean your case will be.

Mojisola

annbarbs wrote: »

My Solicitor has told me that I should expect the estate to be dealt with and receive my money on the anniversary of my mothers death which will be November 2016 not 2017.

Don't have this figure in your mind as a guaranteed limit.

The estate could be settled before then or it could be delayed - even if your sisters have the house on the market by then.

getmore4less

Is there not a protocol for GP surgery closures where NHS England have to either have a takeover of services or move patient automatically to other practices.

Our GP practice partners cancelled their contract and although it has been a bit messy there has been continuity of a sort and we might be sorted.

Are you sure your GP practice is closing and you have to move?