Advice Needed Regarding Probate/Solicitors

Tiglet2

GDB2222 said:

Tiglet2 said:

tish1267 said:

 'they have received the grant of probate but the seller's solicitors are waiting to hear back from the probate solicitors as they need authority from them to proceed', and until that happens they can't look at the enquiries. 

Perhaps the sellers' names do not match the name(s) on the Probate Certificate.

Do you mean that someone, other than the executors, is purporting to sell the property? 

Who knows?  The OP states that the seller's solicitor needs authority from the probate administration to proceed.  If the seller's solicitor already has the Grant of Probate, what do they need authority for?

user1977

Booge said:

I’m not sure what they mean by the “probate solicitors”. I don’t think the probate office has solicitors, just administrators. 

They mean the solicitors who are acting for the executors in the administration of the estate.

p00hsticks

Tiglet2 said:

GDB2222 said:

Tiglet2 said:

tish1267 said:

 'they have received the grant of probate but the seller's solicitors are waiting to hear back from the probate solicitors as they need authority from them to proceed', and until that happens they can't look at the enquiries. 

Perhaps the sellers' names do not match the name(s) on the Probate Certificate.

Do you mean that someone, other than the executors, is purporting to sell the property? 

Who knows?  The OP states that the seller's solicitor needs authority from the probate administration to proceed.  If the seller's solicitor already has the Grant of Probate, what do they need authority for?

My reading is that the sellers / executors are using two sets of solicitors - one dealt with the probate application, the other is dealing with the house sale. And the latter is waiting on info from the former.

tish1267

p00hsticks said:

Tiglet2 said:

GDB2222 said:

Tiglet2 said:

tish1267 said:

 'they have received the grant of probate but the seller's solicitors are waiting to hear back from the probate solicitors as they need authority from them to proceed', and until that happens they can't look at the enquiries. 

Perhaps the sellers' names do not match the name(s) on the Probate Certificate.

Do you mean that someone, other than the executors, is purporting to sell the property? 

Who knows?  The OP states that the seller's solicitor needs authority from the probate administration to proceed.  If the seller's solicitor already has the Grant of Probate, what do they need authority for?

My reading is that the sellers / executors are using two sets of solicitors - one dealt with the probate application, the other is dealing with the house sale. And the latter is waiting on info from the former.

Hey everyone! Sorry - I didn't see the notifications for the replies! As an update we've now managed to speak to the seller directly - he's claiming that two people need to sign the probate but he can't work out why. I've sent the estate agent an email saying I want a clear definition of what the issue is and what's holding us up as it all feels a bit chinese whispers at the moment! The seller seems equally frustrated though which is nice as we thought they didn't care for a while haha. 

In terms of the sale involving probate - we're not purchasing from an older person, it's someone who inherited the house due to the death of the original owner. This was years ago and looks like the probate was granted years ago too - I think p00hsticks seems on the ball with the latter solicitor waiting on info from the former though. 

AdrianC

tish1267 said:

In terms of the sale involving probate - we're not purchasing from an older person, it's someone who inherited the house due to the death of the original owner. This was years ago and looks like the probate was granted years ago too - I think p00hsticks seems on the ball with the latter solicitor waiting on info from the former though. 

The only way probate can still be involved now is if the house is still in the name of the deceased, the beneficiary never bothered registering it.

GDB2222

AdrianC said:

tish1267 said:

In terms of the sale involving probate - we're not purchasing from an older person, it's someone who inherited the house due to the death of the original owner. This was years ago and looks like the probate was granted years ago too - I think p00hsticks seems on the ball with the latter solicitor waiting on info from the former though. 

The only way probate can still be involved now is if the house is still in the name of the deceased, the beneficiary never bothered registering it.

That would make sense, if there were two executors and they both need to sign the transfer. 

[Deleted User]

Hello Forum,
Im looking for advice, my mother passed away just over a year ago, and most of her estate is in probate she choose a solicitor to be the executer of the will we were told at a meeting probate would take between 10 months and a year.
However when they sent paper work through that said 12 to 14 months. I have heard very little from them only when I call do they tell me anything I know probate has been granted ,so what is the hold up now.

artyboy

Mr_Steve_Quinney said:

Hello Forum,
Im looking for advice, my mother passed away just over a year ago, and most of her estate is in probate she choose a solicitor to be the executer of the will we were told at a meeting probate would take between 10 months and a year.
However when they sent paper work through that said 12 to 14 months. I have heard very little from them only when I call do they tell me anything I know probate has been granted ,so what is the hold up now.

Hi, couple of things - firstly you would be better to start your own thread rather than add to this one that's over a year old. Suggest you do so in the sub-board dealing with deaths and probate as you may get better responses.

Secondly, if you've actually used your real name as your username, you really should think about getting it changed for privacy reasons!