Executor Rights

123catsrule

I’ve posted before. My dad died leaving his house and estate to myself and my brother. Brother died last year leaving behind a bitter wife and two children. 

I had a solicitor to complete necessary forms and probate has been applied for. 

I have got a house clearance company who will deduct anything they buy off the price and where possible will donate to charity. 

My brothers wife is well after everything and doesn’t want anything to do with me as she tried to with her eldest so as much to make my mental health worse and get my sectioned so they could be in control. 

I’ve got all the things they had stored at my dads and wrote and told her when they would be ready to collect which was this last weekend. She came yesterday and demanded she had more things. I let her in the house and she got one of the things. She says my brothers toys when he was small she wants from the loft. I’ve said when the clearance people empty the loft o will make arrangements for her to collect them. 

She’s messaged today to say she wants the house Keys putting in my dads key safe outside by 10am tomorrow.  After having a brief chat with a solicitor yesterday he said to let her have my brothers things like I have my things and just the items of mum n dads will be in the estate. 

I don’t feel I should let her have the access when I’m there or not. She isn’t in the will. Her eldest daughter 21 I had to get the police involved as she was harassing me last year so isn’t allowed to come near or speak to me. Her youngest is 15.  

I don’t want to make my mental health worse and I know that is what she wants.  

Any advice would be appreciated. 

Thanks 

Keep_pedalling

She has no right to enter the property or to be able take anything belonging to your father.

I would pass any further communication with her via your solicitor and have no contact with her at all.

Who  is administering you brother’s estate?

Mojisola

Keep_pedalling said:

She has no right to enter the property or to be able take anything belonging to your father.

I would pass any further communication with her via your solicitor and have no contact with her at all.

As it's worrying you so much, I just want to second this.

She's not a beneficiary and has no right to be demanding anything.

xylophone

Your late brother's two children have the right to inherit his share of  your father's estate  - that does include his share of the chattels or the proceeds of sale thereof.
If you are aware that items in the house were the property of your late brother, these should be handed over to his widow/children.

Open an executor's account as soon as you have probate and keep precise records.
You will need to prepare estate accounts.

With regard to the share of the estate that is  due to the fifteen year old niece, this must be held in bare trust for her until she turns 18.  Finding an account to hold a large sum of money for a minor as bare trustee will not be easy but below (albeit that the interest rate is not great) might be a possibility.

You might discuss this with  your solicitor.  https://www.caterallen.co.uk/accounts/asset-30-account/trusts


 Your sister-in-law has absolutely no right to demand entrance to the house whether you are there or not.  She has no right to demand the keys.