Mandatory Disregard

DrGillB
DrGillB Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 12 May at 12:05PM in Deaths, funerals & probate
My mother is permanent resident in care home aged 98
i live in property she owns and have done for 10 years 
I am her daughter and over 60 so mandatory disregard of property as part her assets 
When she passes away will I have to sell house and payback all fees she had paid for her by council while alive? 
Not clear in all I have read
Thank you 

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  • prettyandfluffy
    prettyandfluffy Posts: 811 Forumite
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    I'm flagging this post to be moved - hopefully you will get a helpful response,
  • MSE_ForumTeam5
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    Moved as suggested
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  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 20,240 Forumite
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    Unless you have another property you don’t live in then, then no you will not have to sell the house a less you want to. 
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,010 Forumite
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    You won't be repaying the fees used to support your mother if there is a mandatory disregard. 

    However, you've not indicated if your mother wrote a will,  if you have siblings, or whether your other parent had a will which left part of the house to anyone other than your mother?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • Spendless
    Spendless Posts: 24,524 Forumite
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    When did she move into care and were you over 60 at the time? 
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