We'd like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum. This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are - or become - political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
Probate - how long?
Comments
-
Elliemiss said:@jarv81178 what is a statement of truth? Not heard of it or the will search?
Will search - costing £100 through solicitor should come back with zero results, just to confirm that the will I provided in the initial application is the only will and the last will and testament.
so hopefully probate office won’t have any other questions and therefore should grant probate1 -
NIckyJJones said:We applied for probate in mid June (mum's uncomplicated estate no IHT due, she passed away in Apr). Last Sunday (3rd Sept) had an email from probate services saying more info needed - they were missing the IHT421. The IHT forms were sent to HMRC 31st May & we had a letter from them dated 23/06. I phoned HMRC on Monday (4th) and no, they hadn't sent the IHT421 to probate services & sent it whilst I was on the phone to them. I phoned Probate and they confirmed that they did now have the form but still haven't issued the Grant of Probate, I did ask how long now and the response "within 16 weeks". Monday (11th) will be 12 weeks since we applied.
It's really not good enough, I did my grandma's probate way back in 2002, paper form and estate was completely wrapped up within 3 months of her passing.0 -
A slightly caustic but amusing explanation of why the delays here
https://www.theprobatedepartment.co.uk/probate-delays/?amp1 -
jarv81178 said:NIckyJJones said:We applied for probate in mid June (mum's uncomplicated estate no IHT due, she passed away in Apr). Last Sunday (3rd Sept) had an email from probate services saying more info needed - they were missing the IHT421. The IHT forms were sent to HMRC 31st May & we had a letter from them dated 23/06. I phoned HMRC on Monday (4th) and no, they hadn't sent the IHT421 to probate services & sent it whilst I was on the phone to them. I phoned Probate and they confirmed that they did now have the form but still haven't issued the Grant of Probate, I did ask how long now and the response "within 16 weeks". Monday (11th) will be 12 weeks since we applied.
It's really not good enough, I did my grandma's probate way back in 2002, paper form and estate was completely wrapped up within 3 months of her passing.0 -
Does anyone know… when sending things back to probate registry (statement of truths and will search)… does my application go back into a queue and I am unable to chase them? Or will the registry just more or less look at my application and grant it?0
-
My Dad passed away at the beginning of January this year, and I started the Probate process at the end of January, i used a solicitor to do all the heavy lifting, not a complicated case, only son, i am the executor and sole beneficiary, but had to have the RNRB applied as his estate went over the threshold.
I was not that confident in doing it, i would rather have somebody do it correct, so it's done right, so i left it to the Solicitor, which took an age,we had to wait for 2 months to get a statement from NS&I about his Premium Bonds, so this set us back 2 months, not sure whether the Solicitor was at fault or NS&I, as when i chased up the delay with the Solicitor, the Statement arrived a week later!! (probably passed the job onto a junior, who forgot to speak to NS&I).
Probate went in on the 12th July this year, and i received Probate on the 17th September.
So about 8 weeks in total for me for me when probate was actually sent in, but around 8.5 months in total from start to finish.
regards
2 -
Straight forward will with no IHT to pay submitted in mid June......e mailed requesting more info but did not specify what info so e mailed them 3 times over last 8 days but nothing back.......bit of a joke really.....14 weeks in.If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat. :beer::beer:2
-
We're straightforward, no IHT, submitted end of June, nothing yet 🤷♀️0
-
It was 5 week for us after paying for IHT and waiting two weeks before sending probate off. I think we go lucky1
-
IreneMot said:It was 5 week for us after paying for IHT and waiting two weeks before sending probate off. I think we go lucky
Not sure using a Solicitor is quicker or not, but it was quick for me, keep checking on the probate search, as mine got granted 4 days before the solicitor told me.0
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

Categories
- All Categories
- 348.2K Banking & Borrowing
- 252.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 452.3K Spending & Discounts
- 240.8K Work, Benefits & Business
- 617K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 175.6K Life & Family
- 253.9K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 15.1K Coronavirus Support Boards