Unpaid Beneficiary - probate decades old.

Yorkshireman99

Jenniefour wrote: »

Margot123, to be fair, YM and others do spend a lot of their own time helping people with 'live' issues, voluntary, because they choose to, and as time allows.

Folks on here, in my experience, are more than happy to answer the occasional clarification from others when they're responding to a 'live' situation. I've done it myself and got a response, for which I'm grateful and adds to my understanding. But I don't think it's reasonable to expect YM, or anyone else, to teach us all about probate law through posts about hypotheticals, other than what we learn from responses to the threads. For those who are really interested and want to know a lot more there are ways of doing that. But this is primarily a site to help people with problems and not a distance learning course - for which we would, quite properly, be paying.

Thank you. You put it far better than I could. Absolutely spot on! To Margot123 no hard feelings.

getmore4less

6 year statute bar is for debts.
Other rules apply.

For hypo questions go look them up.

Yorkshireman99

getmore4less wrote: »

6 year statute bar is for debts.
Other rules apply.

For hypo questions go look them up.

No need to be rude or unhelpful particularly when the informaton you gave is incomplete. This article gives a good summary of the 1980 Limitations Act though of course the actual Act needs to be checked as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitation_Act_1980

getmore4less

12 years for beneficiaries to make their claims.
Various extensions can apply depending on specifics.

Margot123

FYI I have not yet been contacted by forum management concerning my input on here, despite being told I have been reported. Can anyone point me in the direction of the forum rule that states 'no hypothetical questions', please?
I must be mistaken in making the assumption that it is an open forum otherwise.

Yorkshireman99

I refer you to post #11 thatr sums matters up very well. Also note the number of thanks the post received.

gettingtheresometime

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

Might I respectfully suggest that you get a textbook on the Law of Sucession rather than asking hyptheticals here? It is a fascinating subject and you would learn much more.

I did wonder whether the OP is a law student and can't be asked to research her own stuff.


Her questions seem too specific just to be any old hypothetical question

moneyistooshorttomention

I don't see whether it actually matters whether it's hypothetical, apparently hypothetical or real.

Whichever is the case - then the answers might well be beneficial to someone else reading anyway and therefore have served the purpose of the forum.

gettingtheresometime

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I don't see whether it actually matters whether it's hypothetical, apparently hypothetical or real.

Whichever is the case - then the answers might well be beneficial to someone else reading anyway and therefore have served the purpose of the forum.

Because they're like those MMDs MSE seem to love trotting out - totally pointless.


No back information can be given, no context as to how the situation arose (because it never did!) and no resolution (because there never will be!)