Inheritance

nom_de_plume

celinepatricia wrote: »

I dont know whos doing what, if anything. They may have just divided any monies between themselves. Sadly, after my husband died we were not really considered part of the family anymore.

teamgb wrote: »

They will have to apply for Grant of Administration and this will require them to list all blood relatives.


Contact them and ask who is dealing with the estate and check that they include your children.


I am in the process of dealing with my Brothers estate under similar circumstances.

Are we talking about a sizeable estate that will require Letters of Administration or perhaps just some cash in the bank and personal belongings that could simply be dealt with by producing a death certificate?

Flugelhorn

If this is fairly recent, they may not have got very far with the grant of admin, I would be tempted to write to them to say that you are aware that for the application they will need your children's details ... and then list them.
if nothing else it might make them think

Dox

badmemory wrote: »

To be honest I thought this was rather obvious. I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but we are talking about the deceased husband's siblings.

'Obvious' and 'what OP actually meant' are frequently different - always sensible to ask them to clarify, or you can find yourself on hugely long threads based on wholly incorrect assumptions. I've always thought that checking the facts is a good starting point! All siblings, one sibling, two...?

disinherited

InNov 2018 my step mother-in-law sadly passed away. On the 6thDec2018 her brother went into Lloyds bank and closed her bank accounts(3 off) and transferred the balances into another account. The total of money transferred was £25k. There had been power of attorney held by his son and daughter but these, of course lapsed when she died. Probate was granted in Feb 2019 with the executors being the same two people as had had LPA,s.
My wife found out that she and my 2 children were residual beneficiaries after we obtained a copy of the will and probate. The house was sold in Oct 2019. We asked for statement of accounts as it would seem that beneficiaries ( there are 14 equal shares under the will) have been receiving different amounts at different times. Our letter was ignored at first but then we received a single A4 sheet of paper listing costs etc. This shows the following:-
Some £7000 has simply disappeared since the bank accounts were closed. This is after death but before probate was granted.
One of the executors paid himself £14k for exercising probate – for his time not for his expenses(he is a 'lay executor); further payment of some £1k were taken for admin etc etc.
There are large sums deducted for house/roof repairs ( although the property is leasehold on the ground floor in a block).
No invoices or receipts have been provided.

I asked Lloyds why they allowed her brother to close the accounts when there was neither grant of probate nor a letter of administration(if for instance there had been no will). It appears that Lloyds allows anyone to do this provided that the sum involved is less than £50k. Lloyds refuse to disclose what authority was used to close these accounts.

We engaged a solicitor who wrote to the executors. The letter has been ignored. To pursue a civil case against the executors will cost more than the value of the estate. How can it be that someone can effectively steal some £21k from the estate and no-one will do anything about it. Basically my children(residual beneficiaries) have been robbed!
I would welcome your advice/thoughts.

jaybeetoo

Welcome to MSE. Rather than putting your problem in someone else’s thread, you should start your own thread.

disinherited

Sorry for my mistake. Didn't mean to hijack thread, I will try again.

Keep_pedalling

teamgb wrote: »

They will have to apply for Grant of Administration and this will require them to list all blood relatives.


Contact them and ask who is dealing with the estate and check that they include your children.


I am in the process of dealing with my Brothers estate under similar circumstances.

If the estate is simply a cash one with nothing requiring letters of administration, then who ever is dealing with the estate does not have to apply for letters of administration. If that is the case it is far harder for the OP to find out what is going on and block any unlawful distribution.

teamgb

I agree that if the amounts involved are small they may not have to apply for Letters of administration (LA)



But for example I tried to sell my Brothers car which was worth less than £5000 to a Garage, we agreed a price, then the head office blocked the purchase until I received the LA which took seven weeks from the date I made the application.


If a house is involved they will not be able to sell it without Probate or LA.

celinepatricia

No house involved just cash...think i will wait until after xmas before i try to find out what is going on.