Probate in 8 weeks

CaptainWales

Hi. I've submitted by probate application and they said that it can take them up to 8 weeks to process it. Assuming I've done the form correctly and they don't have any queries, how realistic is the 8 week timescale given? 

shiraz99

CaptainWales said:

Hi. I've submitted by probate application and they said that it can take them up to 8 weeks to process it. Assuming I've done the form correctly and they don't have any queries, how realistic is the 8 week timescale given? 

Mine was 6 weeks. As long as it's uncomplicated and nothing to query it should be within timescales.

Dave_5150

Your 8 weeks includes Xmas / new year bank holidays and possibly some postal strikes / delays. My application took 14 weeks to approved for a simple estate earlier this year.

As you've seen from the two responses there's no guarantees on timescales.  

CaptainWales

Thanks both. What sort of thing would make it complicated? As far as I worked out there was no IHT to pay.

shiraz99

CaptainWales said:

Thanks both. What sort of thing would make it complicated? As far as I worked out there was no IHT to pay.

Anything they would have to query.

CaptainWales

Ah, ok. Never made an application before so really hoping there won't be any queries. 

msb1234

No queries when I submitted my mum’s probate application - took about 10 weeks in total for a very small straightforward estate.

Pennylane

msb1234 said:

No queries when I submitted my mum’s probate application - took about 10 weeks in total for a very small straightforward estate.

Small?  I thought most probate applications were for amounts over £50,000?

Devongardener

Last October we got probate for our Mother’s estate in 2 weeks.  My brother and I spent a long time double checking every box and answer on the form, leaving nothing blank.  We had a lawyer friend check it too and he picked up on the fact that we had put zero for personal effects as Mum was in a care home and we had sold her house and furniture 2 years before.  He said that a 90 year old lady would have at some jewellery etc, so we entered  figure of £750 for mainly low value jewellery.  We worked very hard gathering all the end value of her many investments and was worth the effort.

user1977

Pennylane said:

msb1234 said:

No queries when I submitted my mum’s probate application - took about 10 weeks in total for a very small straightforward estate.

Small?  I thought most probate applications were for amounts over £50,000?

Yes, but they don't need to be for that amount. It's possible that relatively low value items might require probate.

samuela66

CaptainWales said:

Hi. I've submitted by probate application and they said that it can take them up to 8 weeks to process it. Assuming I've done the form correctly and they don't have any queries, how realistic is the 8 week timescale given? 

It took them 8 weeks to email me to tell me I had not sent the original will in, I thought I had, so apparently, I now have another 8 week wait now I have sent the new one in