Probate and selling a property that is Tenancy in Common

msb1234

poppystar said:

You say the wills you found weren’t signed. We’re they drawn up by a solicitor? If so, it might be that parents had the draft copy but the solicitor kept the original so contacting the solicitor would be a good step. I’m not sure all wills, particularly dating back to 2008, would actually have been registered and able to be found by Certainty. 

My mums will wasn’t on Certainty. We found an unsigned copy with a covering letter form the solicitor who drew it up, phoned them and indeed they did have the signed original will.

greg2022

I have a letter dated in 2011 from the solicitor who drew up the wills in 2008.  This states that the signed & witnessed wills were not returned for storage.  The solicitors involved - JMD Associates Ltd - were liquidated in 2015. 

Flugelhorn

greg2022 said:

I have a letter dated in 2011 from the solicitor who drew up the wills in 2008.  This states that the signed & witnessed wills were not returned for storage.  The solicitors involved - JMD Associates Ltd - were liquidated in 2015. 

sounds like they did't go through with the wills unless they signed / witnessed them and have tucked them away somewhere ....  I think there is some way of finding out where the paperwork of the company went?

Magnolia

Flugelhorn said:

greg2022 said:

I have a letter dated in 2011 from the solicitor who drew up the wills in 2008.  This states that the signed & witnessed wills were not returned for storage.  The solicitors involved - JMD Associates Ltd - were liquidated in 2015. 

sounds like they did't go through with the wills unless they signed / witnessed them and have tucked them away somewhere ....  I think there is some way of finding out where the paperwork of the company went?

The Law Society will help with that.  The deeds to my parents house was held by a firm that was wound up and they had the name of the firm that took the documents into their safe keeping.