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New Will Found after mum's death

Stunnedbyevents · 2023-10-11 12:56:36

My brother had lasting power of attorney and looked after my mother's affairs and was the executor of her will drawn up in 2017. One of my other brothers took my 90 year old mother to change her will in November 2022 to his benefit without the rest of the family knowing. Where do we stand?

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BooJewels Posts: 3,068 Forumite

15 October 2023 at 7:46AM

Pedmore_gent said:

Interested if the Will was printed off the internet and not witnessed by a solicitor would it be valid considering the LPA.

The OP said the lady in question 'was taken' to change her will, which suggests they went to the solicitors - and the brother who did this and will now benefit from the new will, was not the same brother who had the LPA. As I mentioned earlier, the one thing an Attorney absolutely cannot do with an LPA is change the Donor's will.

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