Daughters Father has passed away.

ames1010

Ring banks, pensions immediately and explain your daughter is the beneficiary. Also, order a death certificate today. Please let us know how you get on. 

Flugelhorn

ames1010 said:

Ring banks, pensions immediately and explain your daughter is the beneficiary. Also, order a death certificate today. Please let us know how you get on. 

definitely do this today. trouble is we can all smell a rat and know that they bank will hand over the money without batting an eyelid - if brother tells bank that there are no children then mother will get the funds instead. 

Silvertabby

Flugelhorn said:

ames1010 said:

Ring banks, pensions immediately and explain your daughter is the beneficiary. Also, order a death certificate today. Please let us know how you get on. 

definitely do this today. trouble is we can all smell a rat and know that they bank will hand over the money without batting an eyelid - if brother tells bank that there are no children then mother will get the funds instead. 

Flugelhorn beat me to it.  If the brother tells the bank that his brother was  unmarried and had no children, then the bank will take his word for that.  Ditto the pension fund, unless her father named her as a beneficiary.

As it doesn't seem that you were married, is your daughter's father named on her birth certificate?  If he is, then that is deemed to be proof of parentage.  If he isn't, then unless the rest of his family accept that she is her father's daughter, then that could make things more difficult if the brother decides to play nasty.  If not named on the birth certificate, then did you receive child maintenance for her?

ADD.  Depending on the rules of the pensions scheme(s), there may be a child's pension payable until she is 18 ( 23 if she remains in full time education).  Even while she is still a minor, this money wouldn't need to be paid into her trust - it can be paid to you to help with her living expenses.

xylophone

You seem to have pretty much accepted both jobs but it's not obligatory.

Who else would do it?  Dear Uncle?

It seems to me that in her daughter's interest, the OP should get on with matters right away.

phillw

xylophone said:

You seem to have pretty much accepted both jobs but it's not obligatory.

Who else would do it?  Dear Uncle?

They could appoint a probate specialist. Obviously there is a cost, but it would mean you could sue them if they loaned money to the dodgy uncle.
You sure find out what your relatives are really like when there is a death in the family and they smell the money. If the father was regularly giving money to the uncle, then he can try to make a claim against the estate & having to deal with that would not be enjoyable.