Length of time Probate taking

Ginger_boy35

Hi, hoping for some advice. My dad passed away in January this year and I applied for Probate at the start of February. It's a simple estate with just myself and 2 siblings named in the will. The only tricky part , was that my dad left a framed print to a friend who subsequently died 10 years ago. Because of this , my dad crossed that part out and signed it. 2 weeks after applying for Probate , I was informed that as it wasn't witnessed they would put the will back to it's original state. Fair enough, but it has now been six months!!! Is this normal?

I have sent numerous emails and keep receiving the same replies: " we don't require any further information, your application is in the queue for processing".

This seems to be an extraordinary length of time. Was wondering if it's worth complaining to an ombudsman.

Isthisforreal99

A quick google suggests a simple probate takes 6-9 months so think you need to manage your expectations.

Keep_pedalling

I think these sort of problem wills end up going to a specialist team which builds in additional delays.

RAS

We've seen simple on-line probate with no IHT take less than a week recently, but paper take longer.

If they pull the case out of the on-line process, it all takes a lot longer. At this stage, a call to find out what has gone wrong would be in order.

TcpnT

Applied online Thurs 6th Aug. Sent off will the same day. Email saying probate approved on Monday 10th. Grants received in post this morning. So just under 7 days from start to finish.