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Estranged Brother / Probate / Beneficiary Query
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My comments are the same. Use a solicitor who will be really qualified to advise and not charge for storing wills ror try and sell you all sorts of other products.This is the company we all used:
https://www.willsdirectnorthampton.co.uk/
Hopefully not a rotten apple? :undecided0 -
Our Wills have been in place with this company for a couple of years and it all seemed all above board to me. Thanks for your comments though."A smile takes but a moment...
...but the memory of it lasts forever"
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Our Wills have been in place with this company for a couple of years and it all seemed all above board to me. Thanks for your comments though.
TRust the advice above and save yourself money further down the line.
My mother had a will challenged, she was the beneficiary. It was all above board, but the person challenging had legal aid. This was in the early 90s it might be different now. Anyway both sets of legal fees came out of the estate, the legal fees swallowed it all up.0 -
TRust the advice above and save yourself money further down the line.
My mother had a will challenged, she was the beneficiary. It was all above board, but the person challenging had legal aid. This was in the early 90s it might be different now. Anyway both sets of legal fees came out of the estate, the legal fees swallowed it all up.
In your situation, would the outcome have been any different if the will had been drawn up by a Solicitor??How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 3.24% of current retirement "pot" (as at end December 2025)0 -
With regards to verifying identity; my solicitor said it would be more cost-effective to use the services of a private detective rather than those he provided!0
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A million times yes!!!
They challenged a home made will. N
Did they win though, and on what grounds? Or are you saying they only challenged the will because it was a DIY will and wouldn't have bothered if it had been a Solicitor drawn up one.How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 3.24% of current retirement "pot" (as at end December 2025)0 -
Did they win though, and on what grounds? Or are you saying they only challenged the will because it was a DIY will and wouldn't have bothered if it had been a Solicitor drawn up one.
Yes, please let us know the outcome.
Were they successful? Did it just prolong the process or was the will found to be invalid?0 -
Did they win though, and on what grounds? Or are you saying they only challenged the will because it was a DIY will and wouldn't have bothered if it had been a Solicitor drawn up one.
They’d disnt win as such but they used most of the money up in legal bills.
It’s up to you, you have been warned.0
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