Probate grant mistake (theirs)

JoSoap02

Having come to use the grant of probate for the first time I realise they have put the wrong estate valuation figures.  I put the exact amount as advised by IHT and they have moved the comma making millions rather than thousands.....what do I do  ?  I should have checked when I received it but never thought they would make such an error

Marcon

JoSoap02 said:

Having come to use the grant of probate for the first time I realise they have put the wrong estate valuation figures.  I put the exact amount as advised by IHT and they have moved the comma making millions rather than thousands.....what do I do  ?  I should have checked when I received it but never thought they would make such an error

Contact the Probate Registry.

Keep_pedalling

You say they moved the comma did they also add some zeros and an extra comma? 

JoSoap02

I rang them today. 
They said it didn't matter !!

madbadrob

Who are they?   Please dont tell me its a will writing service because id not expect the response of "it doesnt matter" to something like this from a solicitor.  

If it was the probate registry telling you this then id not worry 

Rob

JoSoap02

The Probate folk.  Sorry, I didn't make it clear.  I thought they would tell me to send the grants back and they would need to be re-issued with the correct figures but they said not.  Still seems a little strange to me but they should know.

msb1234

This has happened recently to someone I know. They contacted the Probate office who at first argued the mistake was hers. She ended up phoning the PO back and spoke to a different advisor, who was able to check the IHT forms and could see that it was the PO at fault - they issued a new certificate which arrived within days. 

It’s a legal document and should be accurate - imagine if there was some dispute and the certificate stated that there was £1million in the estate instead of £10k? 

ahfat41

Was not aware they can actually check the IHT forms which are not automatically saved. It’s good to know. I would have insisted they corrected their mistake. Thanks

ahfat41

JoSoap02 said:

The Probate folk.  Sorry, I didn't make it clear.  I thought they would tell me to send the grants back and they would need to be re-issued with the correct figures but they said not.  Still seems a little strange to me but they should know.

JoSoap02 said:

The Probate folk.  Sorry, I didn't make it clear.  I thought they would tell me to send the grants back and they would need to be re-issued with the correct figures but they said not.  Still seems a little strange to me but they should know.

Did you save your IHT forms? I would insist it is corrected.

madbadrob

ahfat41 said:

JoSoap02 said:

The Probate folk.  Sorry, I didn't make it clear.  I thought they would tell me to send the grants back and they would need to be re-issued with the correct figures but they said not.  Still seems a little strange to me but they should know.

JoSoap02 said:

The Probate folk.  Sorry, I didn't make it clear.  I thought they would tell me to send the grants back and they would need to be re-issued with the correct figures but they said not.  Still seems a little strange to me but they should know.

Did you save your IHT forms? I would insist it is corrected.

I totally agree.  You say the probate people which I am assuming is the probate office and not some firm you have asked to file for you.  Check that the site you did it through was a .gov site

JoSoap02

Yes, it was the official probate office
0300 123 1072
I did save the IHT forms, yes which bear the correct figures