Suspicious sister

Shezzy1

xylophone said:

Do you mean her death ? if son had died can see there would be more complications. 

Perhaps the OP means that mother's will has left an interest in possession to the son who was living with her at date of death and continues to occupy the property?

The youngest sibling remains in the property until his death or if he gets married he must sell the property and it will be divided by the siblings or their children will benefit  if they are deceased. 

Pennylane

If she does put a caveat on the application for probate the Probate Office will contact you and tell you.  It will remain in place for 6 months unless she agrees to remove it or you come to some agreement.   She can then renew it and renew it as many times as she likes apparently.  I think it’s completely wrong by the way because you are not even told WHY the caveat has been lodged.  It costs the caveator just £3 to do this.

Shezzy1

Pennylane said:

If she does put a caveat on the application for probate the Probate Office will contact you and tell you.  It will remain in place for 6 months unless she agrees to remove it or you come to some agreement.   She can then renew it and renew it as many times as she likes apparently.  I think it’s completely wrong by the way because you are not even told WHY the caveat has been lodged.  It costs the caveator just £3 to do this.

Pennylane said:

If she does put a caveat on the application for probate the Probate Office will contact you and tell you.  It will remain in place for 6 months unless she agrees to remove it or you come to some agreement.   She can then renew it and renew it as many times as she likes apparently.  I think it’s completely wrong by the way because you are not even told WHY the caveat has been lodged.  It costs the caveator just £3 to do this.

Well, to be honest she will probably do this. She is a very spiteful person who likes to be in control of everything. At the end of the day she is prolonging everyone from getting their inheritance for no good reasons. It makes no sense. Will we be told the reason for the caveat and is this investigated by an independent body? 

YoungBlueEyes

With the house being left to the youngest sibling until he marries/dies, it isn't her holding up the inheritance. Unless there is more in the estate than the house?

Shezzy1

YoungBlueEyes said:

With the house being left to the youngest sibling until he marries/dies, it isn't her holding up the inheritance. Unless there is more in the estate than the house?

There is a large amount of money in moms saving account less than £80000 but still a decent inheritance to spilt between 6 siblings. That’s all there is...

xylophone

The youngest sibling remains in the property until his death or if he gets married he must sell the property and it will be divided by the siblings or their children will benefit  if they are deceased. 

See
https://wards.uk.com/online-services/legal-guides/life-interests-rights-occupation/#
The house will be registered in the names of the executors/Trustees?

There is a large amount of money in moms saving account less than £80000 but still a decent inheritance to spilt between 6 siblings. That’s all there is...

The sister will want her share after probate has been obtained?

Shezzy1

xylophone said:

The youngest sibling remains in the property until his death or if he gets married he must sell the property and it will be divided by the siblings or their children will benefit  if they are deceased.

The house will be registered in the names of the executors/Trustees?

There is a large amount of money in moms saving account less than £80000 but still a decent inheritance to spilt between 6 siblings. That’s all there is...

The sister will want her share after probate has been obtained?

The house will go into the trustees names: the brothers are looking into how to do this. Do they need a solicitor? 

Yes, the sister will receive her inheritance after probate. So it makes no sense why she is doing this

Shelldean

Did the sister have Power of attorney for their mum?
Did she have any access to mum's account when mum was alive?I
Did she do mum's shopping? Pay her bills??
In other words is it possible she skimming money from mum?
And this is now about to come to light as bank statements will be looked at?

That's my first thought, that's she's somehow taken money. And by being executor no one will find out?

But that's just a thought!

Keep_pedalling

The executors should inform her that unless she hands over the will and the rest of the paperwork she is illegally holding on to, then they will take legal action against her and that she is likely going to have to pay those costs from her share of the inheritance.

The moral of this story is not to keep you4 will at home but leave it with the solicitor who made it. Solicitors will only hand over the will to the named executors.

Shezzy1

Shelldean said:

Did the sister have Power of attorney for their mum?
Did she have any access to mum's account when mum was alive?I
Did she do mum's shopping? Pay her bills??
In other words is it possible she skimming money from mum?
And this is now about to come to light as bank statements will be looked at?

That's my first thought, that's she's somehow taken money. And by being executor no one will find out?

But that's just a thought!

No, she never had power of attorney but the youngest brother did and they are VERY close and see each other every weekend. The younger brother has the property. The younger brother had power of attorney and access to all the accounts.
We  believe there is a reason she wanted to take control and not let others look at accounts or manage anything. 

We will see the accounts on Saturday so maybe this will come to light? But if so, what can we do about it? Police don’t support civil matters? Or is this Fraud? There has to be a reason she is being so defensive.