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Possible inheritance claim from a joint account

socratez · 2023-04-05 16:40:42

Hi all, My father has 4 adult children of varying ages, with not all siblings being friendly. My sister has a joint account with my dad. She has about £15k of her own money in the joint account in her and our fathers name, she manages his money and bills his bills using his pension which is paid into this account. My…

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GhibliFan Posts: 125 Forumite

7 April 2023 at 12:00PM

I can't see a sibling being able to claim the joint account money, as already mentioned, the bank will just take his name off the account.

However, if your Father was ever to need a care home, I hope your sister has got proof that £15k of it is hers! Otherwise the council will count half of it as your Father's money.

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