Phillips & Cohen Chasing debt of deceased relative

-taff

Sorry. I wasn't perfectly clear. IF it's owned as tenants in common, send the prove it letter.
If it was owned as joint tenants, don't bother, just tell them the estate is insolvent.

SevenOfNine

-taff wrote: »

Sorry. I wasn't perfectly clear. IF it's owned as tenants in common, send the prove it letter.
If it was owned as joint tenants, don't bother, just tell them the estate is insolvent.

OP does seem to have investigated with Land Registry & has repeated a few times in different posts the word "jointly"! A prove it letter is superfluous, Keep pedalling's advice #11 is sufficient & will keep the contact simple.

madbadrob

johnrt wrote: »

Thank you for your help,

We downloaded the title documents of their house a little while ago for another matter, and under section B of Proprietorship Register there are no listed registered restrictions against the proprietors names which affect disposal; meaning they are joint tenants (I believe).

Actually no this just means that no charge has been placed against the property stopping the sale. There should be on the deeds the names of the owners and it should say held jointly or held as tenants in common. If the former then as you say there is no asset (apart from what was in her purse) but that money can be removed as the funeral gets any assets first

Mojisola

madbadrob wrote: »

Actually no this just means that no charge has been placed against the property stopping the sale. There should be on the deeds the names of the owners and it should say held jointly or held as tenants in common.

Not according to the Land Registry rep who posts on here.