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Will and inheritence
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Some people are just not meant to be parents in the long run. We are lucky in that we have had the guidance of a great mother and later an outstanding step dad but we always cared what had happened to him. Mental illness and breakdowns come in all shapes and sizes.
We lost him for in the last 18 months, not easy to track as he said he was headed off to a see lady in Portugal.0 -
Did he have a mental illness then? Sufficient to challenge a will? Did you have Power of Attorney? Did anyone?Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi0
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The cause of death on the death certificate might give some insight.0
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Not sure, this is what we need to find out. Having worked within the mental health field for some years, he was what is known these days as "functioning".
The probate papers came through quite quick, we are awaiting receipt of the actual death certificate.
The amount shown in probate was quite a shock as he was never one for material possessions.0 -
In the middle of last week, my sister received a letter from a woman with no more than an email address to reply to telling her that her father had died in early 2016
Stunned, of course. Our father than deliberately created a new life for himself when we were in our teens, had remarried, changed is name and gathered us all together to let us know he no longer wanted to be our father!
Fast forward 40 years.Did he have a mental illness then? Sufficient to challenge a will?
There are no grounds to challenge the will.
Children don't have any automatic right to inherit under English law.
Children who were told over 40 years that their father didn't want anything to do with them are wasting their time pursuing this.0 -
A man who received instructions from an invisible "guide".
It is not about the money.
Something is just not quite right and he had children, who regardless of whether he was following "instructions" or not, always cared enough to keep track of him.0 -
A man who received instructions from an invisible "guide".
It is not about the money.
Something is just not quite right and he had children, who regardless of whether he was following "instructions" or not, always cared enough to keep track of him.
What's not right? That he chose to leave his money to people other than you? Is that not to be expected in the circumstances?0
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