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Probate
nanny100
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What's a reasonable time to wait for the letter to swear the oath for probate it seems to be taking a while and I'm hoping it won't hold up the house sale
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Can be weeks.0
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do you still have to swear the oath? I thought they had stopped that and you just ticked a box on the application form
https://www.hunterslaw.com/the-end-of-an-era-for-swearing-oaths-and-more-probate-changes-ahead/
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Swear the oath? Relative has very recently dealt with probate and this was not necessary.
Do you mean that you are waiting for the Grant?0 -
Allegedly, the MOJ got this down to 8 weeks just before Christmas. Although an article I read said it took 10 over the Summer.I can promise you it took much longer than that. My Grandad died in June, it took 18 weeks.The Government set them a target of 10 working days. Apparently, 92% of the applications missed that target.I'd set 6-8 weeks as a goal.1
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It's been nearly 6 weeks but haven't had the letter to swear the oath at solicitor0
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I had to swear 4 years ago whn mum died, and sister had to when her husband died 2 years ago. Took a few weeks in each case.
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notrouble said:I had to swear 4 years ago whn mum died, and sister had to when her husband died 2 years ago. Took a few weeks in each case.
It all changed last year though , and I don't believe there's now any requirement to swear an oath in person
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