Executors stolen from estate?

sammyjammy

pfono33333054 said:

My aunt bought the house for £150,000. I've checked on property websites and that is about accurate for 2014

Knowing my grandparents it's extremely unlikely they had debts. They worked hard and paid their way. Could a debt be artificially created as a means to draw money out of the estate?

You're right. We need the accounts and I will ask for them. I doubt they will be forthcoming. Thank you

That makes no sense surely she would have just changed the property into her own name rather than purchase it at full value as half of it was hers anyway??

pfono33333054

sammyjammy said:

pfono33333054 said:

My aunt bought the house for £150,000. I've checked on property websites and that is about accurate for 2014

Knowing my grandparents it's extremely unlikely they had debts. They worked hard and paid their way. Could a debt be artificially created as a means to draw money out of the estate?

You're right. We need the accounts and I will ask for them. I doubt they will be forthcoming. Thank you

That makes no sense surely she would have just changed the property into her own name rather than purchase it at full value as half of it was hers anyway??

Sorry, correction, I simply have a land registry document in my aunt's name. I wasn't aware you can just change a property to someone's name without making a purchase.

getmore4less

It gets iterative.

You suspect something.
Ask for inventory and account.
See something suspicious.
As for more details.
Rince repeat.

The key is an idea of all the assets before you start the legal route.

7 years is a while to get any idea of what the assets might have been and how they should have been distributed.

House is relatively easy.

If the aunt had POA they can hide a lot before death.

If someone else had POA then that's an angle.