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Inheritance, Wills & Probate questions?

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  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    Okay thanks for the advice there.
  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    Okay coming back to this thread to clarify another puzzled question is what is the difference between Executor and Administrator?

    Secondly how does the executor or administrator prove the will in the probate stage? What's the best legal way to prove or probate a will? Signatures on the will?
  • Land_Registry
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    Have you researched this at all? Try GOV.UK for example
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  • bery_451 wrote: »
    Okay coming back to this thread to clarify another puzzled question is what is the difference between Executor and Administrator?

    Secondly how does the executor or administrator prove the will in the probate stage? What's the best legal way to prove or probate a will? Signatures on the will?

    An Executor is appointed by the Will. An Administrator is appointed if there is no Will (person dies intestate).

    The probate registry will declare the will proved, taking into account the signatures on the will and any other information.
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • bery_451
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    Okay doing the will application online. Kinda complicated forms for a somewhat free basic will. They are stuck on the form section 'Further provisions distribution of the residue'

    Then there's another section after that called 'Final distribution'.

    What does that mean?
  • badmemory
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    See a solicitor - it will be cheap at twice the price they will charge!
  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    badmemory wrote: »
    See a solicitor - it will be cheap at twice the price they will charge!

    Twice the Price sounds very cheap thanks :eek:
  • kangoora
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    Seriously, see a solicitor - it is pretty clear none of you know what you are doing and the chance of a phenomenal c**k-up is looking pretty high.

    For the sake of a couple of hundred quid you could be setting yourself up for a world of pain when dealing with their wills.
  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    kangoora wrote: »
    Seriously, see a solicitor - it is pretty clear none of you know what you are doing and the chance of a phenomenal c**k-up is looking pretty high.

    For the sake of a couple of hundred quid you could be setting yourself up for a world of pain when dealing with their wills.

    I was told earlier in the thread that the free ones are at least SRA registered so how can it c**k up when it's SRA Registered?
  • bery_451 wrote: »
    I was told earlier in the thread that the free ones are at least SRA registered so how can it c**k up when it's SRA Registered?


    There are none so blind as those who will not see.:eek:
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