Property title - both names still on LR

Flugelhorn

Father died 1998, Mother died recently.

Am completing the IHT form and checked the property title with the Land Registry, it shows both names still and indicates that it was jointly owned. When Father died we didn't do probate as all was jointly owned and I thought I had notified the LR and sent death cert but clearly not!
Do I need to do anything now or just carry on completing IHT form as though it was Mother's house ?

nom_de_plume

I'm fairly confident the answer will be as you suggested. Don't forget you may have the benefit of your Father's IHT allowance to add if the estate exceeds your Mother's nil rate band.

Tom99

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Yes you can do that.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]If you will be instructing a solicitor to sell the house they can very quickly update the land reg and should not charge for that.[/FONT]

Margot123

Tom99 wrote: »

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Yes you can do that.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]If you will be instructing a solicitor to sell the house they can very quickly update the land reg and should not charge for that.[/FONT]

I am in the process of buying a property where the gentleman died over 12 years before his wife who passed away in 2014, and is still on the deeds.

My solicitor has advised this can be quite a lengthy process as, in the first instance, you have to prove that the predeceased has in fact passed away.
They've also added that there will be no additional charge under the circumstances.

Flugelhorn

Thank you all, I have found Father's death cert and will so will be able to let solicitor have those when house is sold.

Tom99

Margot123 wrote: »

I am in the process of buying a property where the gentleman died over 12 years before his wife who passed away in 2014, and is still on the deeds.

My solicitor has advised this can be quite a lengthy process as, in the first instance, you have to prove that the predeceased has in fact passed away.
They've also added that there will be no additional charge under the circumstances.

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]That's what death certificates are for, my solicitor removed my father, who died 14 years before, from the jointly owned property at the click of a button after my mother's death.[/FONT]