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Waiting for probate
quebert
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After mum passed away in January we applied for probate after consulting a solicitor who said it would be straight forward to do ourselves rather than pay them 1000s to do it. We sent the forms off early February with the £215 payment and after various requests for more information we received a letter at the start of May stating the 'application for grant of representation has been received'. There has been nothing since.
Does anyone know how long it should take? as I am wondering if I should contact the probate registry as its been 4 months or would i be better to wait?
Does anyone know how long it should take? as I am wondering if I should contact the probate registry as its been 4 months or would i be better to wait?
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Contact them - it should all be over by now. Unless there is a house sale involved there should be no reason for a hold up. My mother died early Aug last year & probate & money share out was completed by early Nov.0
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Contact them and ask as it should be done by now.0
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Has any IHT due been paid?0
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After my mother's death, it took about 3-4 weeks from application date to the date when I received the Oath to make,then a further 2 weeks or so to receive the official Grants of Probate.
That was using the Cardiff Probate Office -can't believe that the rest of the country, is suffering such severe delays -as per previous post, was the estate liable for IHT? -If so, then the tax office is probably the issue - they appear to be snowed under!! It took HMRC nearly 6 months to process a claim for repayment of income tax paid prior to death -and it was only a couple of hundred quid!!0 -
OK, thanks i'll contact them & find out whats happening/gone wrong.Contact them - it should all be over by now. Unless there is a house sale involved there should be no reason for a hold up. My mother died early Aug last year & probate & money share out was completed by early Nov.
There is a house, but there are no plans to sell as of yetgetmore4less wrote: »Has any IHT due been paid?
The total estate is less than the IHT limit; so as far as i know there isn't any to pay, even if there is none of us named on the probate application have heard anything back from any office since may.0 -
Did you use IHT205 or IHT400 if the later I think probate office may still need clearance from HMRC
the call should identify the delay0 -
IHT 205 and PA10
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