Last Will and Testament

constantine_2

Hi all...
I wish I was using this forum under better circumstances, however, this is the real world I suppose.

I recently lost my dad...He made a will naming me as the sole benificiary. Unfortunately his 'long lost brother' has just come out of he woodwork and has started making phone calls - of the threatening type...Not a nice man .

What's worrying me most is: Not the fact that he may contest the will, but the fact that my name and address is on the will as I am an executor and benificiary...I really don't want him knocking on my door making my life even more of a misery.

So I guess the question is this: Can I protect all or part of my identity if I am named in a will?

Any help or guidance you are able to give will be grately appreciated.

Regards

Savvy_Sue

I don't think you can. But you can take out an injunction if someone is harassing you ...

And sorry for your loss.

ailuro2

This is the last thing you need when you have just lost your Dad.

Is there a solicitor dealing with things for you? Get him to write a letter warning this long lost uncle to back off. Does anyone else in the family know him, or recall him- he's not a scammer, is he?

Floss

Maybe you could find the strength to write to him, not giving your address, and ask him not to contact you, stating that your father had made the decision to make you benficiary & executor and you are respecting his wishes, and point out that it is your father his brother that has recently died and his actions are disrespectful? I guess you could state that he could contest the will if he wished but he would need strong grounds for a solicitor to take it on & it would cost possibly more than he would benefit.

Hope you can get it sorted - you really don't need this when you have a parent to grieve for & an estate to sort.

:grouphug:

Floss xx

gravitytolls

My deepest sympathies to you.

Do I presume you don'tknow this man, inasmuch as you have no relationship with him?

In which case, I suggest, if you have a solicitor, telling him to contact yours/his solicitor for further advice, as you really have no idea what he shoudl do.

Then let him pay for it, and them deal with it. he'll son be advised he's on a hhiding to nothing.

Biggles

You haven't said why he is phoning you, ie what he says he wants, but at this stage I'd have thought your best option was just to say as little as possible and see if it goes away.

If he has your phone number, he probably has your address too, but letters to him, and solicitors, might be too confrontational at the moment, he's probably just 'trying it on' and (as he knows he doesn't have a leg to stand on with regards to the estate) will give up if he finds you firm, unhelpful and unresponsive.

By all means, if becomes too persistent, tell him your solicitor is the only one who has all the details and give him the phone number. Then say, "Goodbye".