Advice MIL died without leaving a will

Sea_Shell

paul2louise said:

KITTYKAT8_2 said:

Hope I am not wrong if it’s gone quiet, maybe she has not seen a solicitor, and is ignoring the problem.

No I said on previous post that she had a solicitor and they had written. So OH is going to contact his solicitor today to see if she has any updates 

The thing is, her solicitor will have probably just explained (told) her what she NEEDS to do, from a legal PoV.   

They probably won't hold her feet to the fire and MAKE her do anything.    I doubt they'll be proactive, unless asked to be by their client (for a fee)

It may turn out that court action against her will be the only thing that will fire a rocket up her.     

If she really wanted to get this sorted and was worried about legal action, surely she'd have got a wriggle on with distributing the estate by now.

Feet dragging is never a good sign in our experience around here, sadly.

paul2louise

Sea_Shell said:

paul2louise said:

KITTYKAT8_2 said:

Hope I am not wrong if it’s gone quiet, maybe she has not seen a solicitor, and is ignoring the problem.

No I said on previous post that she had a solicitor and they had written. So OH is going to contact his solicitor today to see if she has any updates 

The thing is, her solicitor will have probably just explained (told) her what she NEEDS to do, from a legal PoV.   

They probably won't hold her feet to the fire and MAKE her do anything.    I doubt they'll be proactive, unless asked to be by their client (for a fee)

It may turn out that court action against her will be the only thing that will fire a rocket up her.     

If she really wanted to get this sorted and was worried about legal action, surely she'd have got a wriggle on with distributing the estate by now.

Feet dragging is never a good sign in our experience around here, sadly.

Fair point. Yes she is in no rush. Hopefully he will get some positive updates 🤞

Spendless

I don't trust SIL  tbh but I hope I'm completely wrong. Did you ever get tot he bottom of her saying she was needing an accountant to sort it? 

Sea_Shell

paul2louise said:

Sea_Shell said:

paul2louise said:

KITTYKAT8_2 said:

Hope I am not wrong if it’s gone quiet, maybe she has not seen a solicitor, and is ignoring the problem.

No I said on previous post that she had a solicitor and they had written. So OH is going to contact his solicitor today to see if she has any updates 

The thing is, her solicitor will have probably just explained (told) her what she NEEDS to do, from a legal PoV.   

They probably won't hold her feet to the fire and MAKE her do anything.    I doubt they'll be proactive, unless asked to be by their client (for a fee)

It may turn out that court action against her will be the only thing that will fire a rocket up her.     

If she really wanted to get this sorted and was worried about legal action, surely she'd have got a wriggle on with distributing the estate by now.

Feet dragging is never a good sign in our experience around here, sadly.

Fair point. Yes she is in no rush. Hopefully he will get some positive updates 🤞

Any news @paul2louise ?

Christmas bonus on its way, or are you resigned to picking up the fight again in the New Year?

Ganga

Any further news on the on going situation paul2louise ?

paul2louise

Ok. OH got an email yesterday with a few points of clarification to tie up but implying interim payments followed by final settlement. It looks ok ish just hub needs to make sure she can't come back afterwards with further claims. So he replied asking the few things he wants definitely clarified and hopefully its nearly sorted. 

Ganga

paul2louise said:

Ok. OH got an email yesterday with a few points of clarification to tie up but implying interim payments followed by final settlement. It looks ok ish just hub needs to make sure she can't come back afterwards with further claims. So he replied asking the few things he wants definitely clarified and hopefully its nearly sorted. 

Great news ,hope it is finally settled to your satisfaction.

Sea_Shell

Hopefully the end is in sight.

The proof of the pudding will be £££ in the bank.

Spendless

This is potentially sounding promising. Fingers crossed for a favourable resolution soon.

Sea_Shell

@paul2louise

Any good news to report yet?    Any progress?