Probate renounce solicitors

Cazbags

Long story, cut short.  Mum passed away in December 2024.  Small estate as property had to be sold to pay care home fees.  I've approached solicitors asking them to renounce executorship its easy to do ourselves.  However, my brother (a main beneficiary) doesn't want to be contacted, not been seen for 2 years apart from the 5 mins he spent at Mums funeral.  The solicitors won't renounce as they say they need his approval.  Is this correct.  BTW solicitors are asking for between £6,000 and £12,000 to do the work!  Advice needed 

RAS

Someone, some how got in touch with him to alert him to the death and funeral. Can that person repeat this, explain that if he doesn't get in touch with the lawyer's his (and others') inheritance will be reduced because of the fees.

Flugelhorn

I don't know the answer to this but does the solicitor really need to contact a beneficiary to agree to this?  was the solicitor the only executor?

Cazbags

He found out about Mum's death from the care home.  The solicitors are saying they need his agreement to renounce their executorship

Cazbags

RAS said:

Someone, some how got in touch with him to alert him to the death and funeral. Can that person repeat this, explain that if he doesn't get in touch with the lawyer's his (and others') inheritance will be reduced because of the fees.

He found out about Mum's death from the care home.  The solicitors are saying they need his agreement to renounce 

RAS

Have you spoken to the manager at the care home? He might have left contact details there and they might be prepared to pass on a message if you explain the situation? Obviously they cannot pass his contact details to you.

Keep_pedalling

The solicitors have a duty of care to the beneficiaries, so I would expect them not to renounce without agreement from all residual beneficiaries. The OP would still have a major headache if the two of them had been appointed as executors, because if he refuses to engage then it would take a court order to get him removed.