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Probate being requested by a single bank account

migratingdesktop · 2018-02-09 10:48:47

Hi all, My farther recently passed away and I'm helping my mum with the will and estate. She was an executor on the will, which simply passed everything over to her. Most of their accounts were joined accounts, or accounts in her name (Although in her name he contributed all the money into these accounts) apart from one…

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Tom99 Posts: 5,371 Forumite

10 February 2018 at 10:27AM

migratingdesktop wrote: »

Thanks, although online it states:

Only include Dads share of the money. If they provided all of the money into a joint account, include the full amount.

So in this case he provided all of the money, so it would be 100% not 50%?

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Its up to you as it will not make any difference to tax. I would regard ownership of a joint account for a married couple as 50/50 even if it is one party who contributed the most.[/FONT]

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