Staying in our home

vickyholly

also for the questions about probate, the house is in my husbands name only because at the time i had a terrible credit score (thankfully loads better now) so i need probate because of that dont i??

stig

Yes, you will unfortunately need probate for the house which falls within your husbands  estate entirely to pass to you from his estate c this change of ownership can’t happen without probate.

Savvy_Sue

Tell L&G that what they're asking is unreasonable and impossible. There will be a solution.

You say there are three executors. Who are they? Are they all going to act, or is one person going to take the lead with the other two reserving power? Or is anyone going to renounce altogether? Better explanations when we know about the executors.

vickyholly

The executors are myself (I am the sole beneficiary), my brother and my husbands sister . She is the one who is not local. I will be the one taking the lead 

gettingtheresometime

I'm not sure if this allowed but I joined fb group for widows & widowers & the support I've had is immeasurable.

vickyholly

gettingtheresometime said:

I'm not sure if this allowed but I joined fb group for widows & widowers & the support I've had is immeasurable.

hi, what is the name of the group please?

Snuggles

vickyholly said:

The executors are myself (I am the sole beneficiary), my brother and my husbands sister . She is the one who is not local. I will be the one taking the lead 

Sorry for your loss.

There is no need for your husband's sister to act as executor. When my father died, myself and my sister were named as executors, but my sister lived abroad so it was never going to be practical for her to sign things. If I remember correctly, I just had to state on the probate forms that I was acting as executor and she had power reserved (so she could still step in to act if it became necessary but she didn't actually take any role in the probate process).

Savvy_Sue

So it sounds as if the simple thing to do would be to ask your sister in law to renounce.

gettingtheresometime

vickyholly said:

gettingtheresometime said:

I'm not sure if this allowed but I joined fb group for widows & widowers & the support I've had is immeasurable.

hi, what is the name of the group please?

Sorry for sounding so vague (don't want my wrists slapped!) but if you search for a group for widows & widowers that is based in the U.K. you should find it.

there are some questions you have to answer & your request to join the group is usually approved on a Sunday x