Swindled out of inheritance - years ago, but recently discovered.

Brynsam

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

The bottom line is that after all this time the the OP has no realistic chance whatsoever of proviung or recovering anything.

It's not the length of time which matters, it's the apparent lack of evidence - and the passage of time certainly won't have helped that.

[Deleted User]

It is frustrating, but I doubt there is anything that can be done now. My father died a number of years ago, very suddenly, and his father died a couple of months after him, I don't suppose that he had much in the way of finances and had lived in council accommodation all of his life, but I am pretty sure my father would have been named as one of 3 beneficiaries of his will (along with his two sisters), who again, I ASSUME, chose not to pass on my fathers share of inheritance to my sister and I (which I only recently found out they should have). What did I / am I going to do about it, precisely nothing, it can sit on their conscience, I'd rather they had it than me having to have anything to do with them!

pearl123

I'm following this thread with interest, as I believe my mother might have been cut out of a will.

Dox

pearl123 wrote: »

I'm following this thread with interest, as I believe my mother might have been cut out of a will.

Have you bought a copy of the will, assuming probate has been granted?

elsien

If my grandparent had been manhandled out of his own home against his will I'm fairly sure I wouldn't have left it 20 years to do something about it.

Margot123

pearl123 wrote: »

I'm following this thread with interest, as I believe my mother might have been cut out of a will.

There's a big difference between being 'cut out' of a will and being 'swindled' out of an inheritance.

If someone was in a previous will but not in a subsequent one, there is very little (if anything) they can do.

pearl123

Dox wrote: »

Have you bought a copy of the will, assuming probate has been granted?

I still to purchase the will. It would not surprise me that the will instructions were not followed.

Margot123

pearl123 wrote: »

I still to purchase the will. It would not surprise me that the will instructions were not followed.

It's £10 for an instant download of the will and grant from: https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

A small price to pay for the information it can provide.

Brynsam

pearl123 wrote: »

I still to purchase the will. It would not surprise me that the will instructions were not followed.

Why not get a copy and find out, instead of wasting time and emotional energy speculating?

pearl123

Margot123 wrote: »

It's £10 for an instant download of the will and grant from: https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

A small price to pay for the information it can provide.

Thank you for link