Greedy sister

Harlee281

Orginally I was told by my parents that I would have 30% of my parents house on their passing, my sister would have 70%. We were added to the land registry. 2017 my dad died, in 2018 my mother changed her will to were I was to receive 5k for me to sign my right of my parents property to my sister. My sister refuses to tell me how it was written in the will and also refuses to pay for me to give her my share. My mother passed December 2023.

elsien

Does that mean the house ownership was changed before they died? 

Is there enough money left in the estate to pay you your 5000?

sammyjammy

If you are saying you formally own 30% of the house then a will cannot require you to sell that to anyone for any amount.

bobster2

Harlee281 said:

Orginally I was told by my parents that I would have 30% of my parents house on their passing, my sister would have 70%. We were added to the land registry. 2017 my dad died, in 2018 my mother changed her will to were I was to receive 5k for me to sign my right of my parents property to my sister. My sister refuses to tell me how it was written in the will and also refuses to pay for me to give her my share. My mother passed December 2023.

Do you mean that in 2017 the Land Registry entry was changed to show your sister and yourself as joint owners (tenants in common) of the house with a 70/30 split?

If so the house would not form part of your mother's estate.

Harlee281

I was told in about 2012 that I would receive 30% share of the property. In 2018 after my father passed my mother changed the will to I had no share of the property and I would receive 5k to give my sister sole ownership, the question I am asking should my sister not also have to give me money if she wants my share.

MeteredOut

Have you seen the updated will? Its kind of irrelevant what went on before - what's in your mother's will as of your her passing?

You mention the land registry. Have you actually checked what is recorded there for the house?

elsien

But what is said in the will only counts if the house hasn’t already been transferred into your and your sister’s names before your parents died. That’s the bit we’re trying to understand. The land registry bit in 2017.

And regardless of what the will says, if a share of the house has already been gifted to you, you are under no legal obligation to gift it on. 

sheramber

You need to establish who is shown on the Land Registry as owners of the property. You can get a copy from the LR. 

Once you have that come back and tell us exactly what it says.

bobster2

sheramber said:

You need to establish who is shown on the Land Registry as owners of the property. You can get a copy from the LR. 

Once you have that come back and tell us exactly what it says.

Search here - it will cost £3 to get a copy of the deeds to show ownership...

https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry

kazwookie

Sorry for your loss.

You need FACTS, not what you were told.

Find out the facts from Land Reg over who owns the house and how. (not what you have been told)

Get a copy of your mother's WILL.

Once you have this information, others on this site will be able to advise you.

elsien

kazwookie said:

Sorry for your loss.

You need FACTS, not what you were told.

Find out the facts from Land Reg over who owns the house and how. (not what you have been told)

Get a copy of your mother's WILL.

Once you have this information, others on this site will be able to advise you.

She can't get a copy unless the sister is willing to share it until and unless it goes through probate. However the OP is in a strong bargaining position to see the will if part of the house is indeed in her name and the sister wants to change that.