Locks changed

Malthusian

If you've kept items of your own there for ten years and never taken them back, and you can't even remember what they are, then does it really matter if you don't recover them?

I can't help feeling you have bigger fish to fry. I don't know how much the house is worth but if you each receive a six-figure sum from the house sale, and your brother has taken a few items worth a few hundred or even thousand, it's not going to be worth taking him to court over, and not worth worrying about it when there's no practical action you can take.

nom_de_plume

Trebormint wrote: »

My brother has recently obtained a grant of responsibility for administering my parents estate and he has subsequently changed the locks at the house.

Is he legally able to do this? Yes he can change the locks. I assume he has been granted Letters of Administration

I have received a letter from the solicitors he has appointed and they are asking for a full inventory list of items of my own which are stored at the house and items I may like to keep from the property, but without access I can't do this, so it's all a bit of a catch 22 situation. Ask the solicitor to make arrangements for access

I also note he has already advised via the solicitors that he has taken items he wanted from the property, again can he do this? He can certainly remove items for safe keeping but not take items just because he wants them - can you ask the solicitor to expand upon this and detail what and why? They may be under no obligation to tell you but one would hope so seeing as they've already told you some items have been taken

I thought his role was to ensure the estate was fairly distributed between the inheritors/beneficiaries , i.e. in this case my brother my sister and myself.

Can anyone advise.

Please note there is a family dispute so we are not talking.

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