Executors discover evidence of negligent activity of deceased. What to do ?

cubegame

Fly_Guy wrote: »

Quick update....

Following further legal advice and having now appointed a solicitor, we have been given the go ahead to organise a funeral. But NOT to activate Tell Us Once.

This is because we (the solicitor) need to establish whether the estate is solvent - ie whether auntie owned the house.

If insolvent we pass it all off to an insolvency expert and walk away.

If solvent we CANNOT walk away and will be obliged to assume administrator roles. Even if we renounce then the inheritance passes to our children and they are not yet old enough to renounce, so it would fall on them to administer (!). As such we are obliged to sort out the estate.

This is a bit of a blow and will mean many months of work on our part. However we will at least be protected from much of the legal work and potential personal liability by the solicitor whose fees will be covered by the estate and not ourselves. Our travel, hotel etc costs will also be covered so we shouldn't be too much out of pocket (other than a large amount of our time).

Its a pretty rubbish situation all round, but at least we now see a way forward.

Was your professional advice from a plumber? It's wrong.

Renouncing an obligation you have does not put it on to another party.