Advice required re executing a Will

Yorkshireman99

idrankthecoolaid wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestion, I will contact an agency and get a quote - if nothing else it will prove I have attempted to locate.

With regards to hanging on to it in case they claim, this is not a problem (especially since the amounts are so small), but can I ask - is this your personal suggestion or is it allowed in law to do this?

The Salvation Army have a tracing service.

idrankthecoolaid

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

The Salvation Army have a tracing service.

Love you guys - so helpful!

Mojisola

Yorkshireman99 wrote: »

The Salvation Army have a tracing service.

At £45 a person, it won't be worth it - the inheritance is so small.

Yorkshireman99

idrankthecoolaid wrote: »

Love you guys - so helpful!

The SA will act act as a cut out so the person can be sure their details will not be passed to the seeker without permission. I found it invaluable to help someone find their mother after 40 years.

Yorkshireman99

Mojisola wrote: »

At £45 a person, it won't be worth it - the inheritance is so small.

For larger amounts a bargain compared with what commercial tracing agencies charge.

Yorkshireman99

Mojisola wrote: »

At £45 a person, it won't be worth it - the inheritance is so small.

That may be the case in this instance but readers might find it useful.

unholyangel

unforeseen wrote: »

How can the sibling be a beneficiary when they have not been left anything in the will?

idrankthecoolaid wrote: »

The answer to this varies, as you can see, some from this site say that my sibling IS a beneficiary, whilst on another site I have been told the opposite.

I'm late to the thread but they are indeed a beneficiary as they stand to benefit from the will. Without the will, they owed the estate £x, with the will they owe £0.

idrankthecoolaid

Re my earlier question about not being able to contact the beneficiaries...


By chance, I had a lawyer visit my place of work (unrelated to law) the other day, and I took the opportunity to pick some brains.



He sought the advice of a colleague and got back to me the following day. He said that I should try to find an intermediary, but if that was not possible, or would cause undue stress (trust me, it would, if the only intermediary I could find would be my sibling!), then the executors can hold the money in an account until the beneficiaries ask for it. We (the executors) would have to hold this money for 12 years.



I am therefore trying to find someone who might know all of these beneficiaries' addresses, but we don't manage that, then the money can be held.