Do I pay a solicitor or obtain probate myself

pearl123

i did probate myself. i just took it step by step. I promised if i ran into trouble I get a solicitor, but I never needed to. I found the banks to be very helpful.
I would also agree with the other poster who said there is no need to rush into it whilst you are still grieving.

Relbs

Thanks for all the replies.

Regarding the children, they are under 18 years old- the will just says to give them 'x'% each for them to have when they are 21. Can we just put this into a savings account for them or do we need to set up a trust fund?

Regarding a solicitor for the house sale- is this just the same as you would use for selling a house in normal circumstances?

Finally, my mum gave us the money to pay off a car loan 6 months ago. Will the paper work tell me where to declare this?

Yorkshireman99

Although it says 21 they are now entitled to the money at 18. It has to be held in trust until then. You could put the money in a Halifax junior ISa or whatever it is now called as this earns a good rate of interest. Not strictly by the book but should be OK. The car loan should be shown as as a debt to the estate. You only need a solicitor to sell the hose just as any other house sale.