Right to posessions

mnevis

First step. Obtain a copy of the will and probate. Obtain a copy of the Land Registry document for the house to see whose name the property is registered in.
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Go to Land Registry to obtain property Registration document.
Above refers to England and Wales.

Find out the terms and conditions of the will if any. Make sure they are being complied with. Things such as insuring and maintaining property. You will surely have the right to inspect the property at regular intervals with notice. At your first inspection photograph the house inside and out and the gardens and boundaries, the extent of the garden and so on. Everything in detail. Carefully file and date the photos and start building up a photographic record. If the house is not being maintained you will have evidence to use against her to enforce her to maintain the property.

You need confirmation of your legal rights in this matter. You need to exercise your rights of access to the property and inspection of the property and to exercise at your rights at every opportunity, regardless.

PasturesNew

When somebody dies it's only THEIR possessions which have to be dealt with under probate or in a Will. Nobody else's possessions.

Anybody can buy a copy of a Will, you can do that, unseen/unknown, online. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

I hope you get your treasured memories/mum's stuff back.

Nicki

PasturesNew wrote: »

When somebody dies it's only THEIR possessions which have to be dealt with under probate or in a Will. Nobody else's possessions.

Anybody can buy a copy of a Will, you can do that, unseen/unknown, online. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

I hope you get your treasured memories/mum's stuff back.

OP is entitled to take back her childhood possessions. She could also retrieve her mother and grandmother's possessions provided her mother left these to her in her will. If the mother died intestate, or left everything to OP's father, then these possessions now belong to the second wife and there is nothing OP can do about this. If the mother is divorced from OP's father but still alive, the mother can reclaim her own possessions from the second wife but OP can't do this on her behalf.