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Executor. What if I don't have any?
Many of you would think that it's some fishy business. But it's not. I don't have anyone I can trust to be an executor. Two friends I could trust with the money don't want it. My daughter and stepdaughter who will inherit - I don't think they can do it without risk of getting squeezed in the process and get a lot of…
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Probate, bank accounts and Enduring Power of Attorney
Can anyone clarify the following please.. My understanding was that when someone died that their bank accounts etc were frozen until probate had been granted. But if there was someone with Enduring Power of Attorney over the financial affairs of the person who died then does the EPA 'trump' the frozen bank account issue…
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Oxford Probate registry
Does anyone have any idea as to how long it is currently taking, to get a grant of probate from this registry? Seems impossible to get through on the phone. My house sale is hanging by a thread as I have had to wait so long for this from the seller of my new house.
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Probate and wills
Hi there, Has anyone ever been in my position? Both my parents have recently passed away. I am joint executor on both wills and hold the certified copies. I am in the process of applying for probate, however I cannot obtain a copy of the original will.The solicitors holding the original copies were closed down by the…
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Funerals - how many people come back for food?
Hi, I am trying to arrange catering for my mums funeral. Its a church service, then we are going to the crematorium and after that I am organising a buffet at a local pub. We are expecting 30ish people to come, only about 10 close family. how many people realistically would come for the buffet? Thanks
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Final Estate Accounts - Probate / Inheritance
Does anyone know what happens when the final estate accounts are drawn up? Do the executors have to approve them / sign them off? How long do these take to get done? (using a solicitor). And what then happens to these accounts? Also, if one of the executors will have moved house by the time the accounts are done, should…
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Administration of Estate Tax return
Am hopefully nearing the end of sorting out the inheritance of a late relative. The next stage is the tax return during the administration period of the estate. Will be using an accountant for this but I was just wondering how long it’s likely to take? (our solicitors have all the paperwork ready to hand over to the…
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Grant of Probate revoking process?
Does anyone know what the process is when a grant of probate has been revoked? The person who is selling property to me, has had it revoked and been asked by the courts to send them a new application form, tax form and death certificate. Would this mean starting all over again?
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Avoiding care home fees.
I have always paid tax of one sort or another while also testing my entitlement to receiving a benefit. Like most folk I resent the idea that having saved to buy my own house the state should be allowed to take it away from me if I or my wife become affected with an illness that requires us to go into care especially when…
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Probate property valuation.
Hi,total newbie here.I’ve been asked by my mums solicitor to get a valuation on the house for probate.I contacted Yopa who called me and basically their guy gave me the brush off,because I won’t be selling it on.I live in the property and will be buying out my brothers half.So who do I use to value the property,as I assume…
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Wills - house to Beneficiary 1 and rest of estate (cash etc) to Ben. 2. House sold to pay for care
Hypothetical situation, I would like to know what would happen (with a straightforward will and no special circumstances that I haven't mentioned) Jane (say) is a widow and has written the will to leave the house (owned outright) (worth, lets say £300,000) to Beneficiary 1 and the rest of the estate (cash, savings…
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Will not stored at solicitor
I should soon be updating my will but in the meantime... My will, written a long time ago, had my brother and the solicitor who arranged it as executors. Over the years that firm of solicitors retired, it got passed to another local one, then that one went into receivership. Six months later I got told that it was now…
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Can probate be claimed for twice?
Hi all, I was just about to order a copy of my mum's will online and found another person of the same name who died a few days after mum and whose will and probate is also registered in Winchester ( my mum's will is there despite not being from that city). Her will was overturned after death from being a Nil Band Trust…
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Estate Accounts different to Grant of Probate
Hi all, I'v just found my the solicitor's Estate Accounts for the winding up of my mum's estate in 2007. Should the final total/payment/transfers/liabilities total be the same as the amount that shows on the Grant of Probate? It's £10-£12,000 different.
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Free Funeral
I read or heard very recently that for a certain age group (probably very old) that there was a scheme for them for a free funeral. I have searched online but cannot find any further news. Has anyone else heard of this please/
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Cheque made out to deceased family member
I was the nearest next of kin to my late mother, who passed away last autumn. My younger sister and I (her only children) took care of closing our mother's bank accounts, and settling her remaining bills, etc. There was no will and no property to take account of. Now a cheque has arrived made out to the deceased and we are…
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Solicitor said I cant have a representative
Firstly thank you for clicking on my post, and I hope someone is able to give me some guidance. To explain: I am an executor on both my late parents wills, along with my sister. Probate is still currently ongoing and has just approached the 3 year mark since the loss for my dad, and then my mother. (I am aware this is…
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Death Notification Service - A Review
Following the death of my mother I have just used the Death Notification Service (DNS) and thought I would share my experience. So with regard to the banks that have signed up to the DNS my mother had a current account and a savings account with HSBC; a current account with Santander and an ISA with Halifax. The funds in…
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Property trust will
Hope someone can help. My parents had a property trust will. Dad passed away 6 years ago so a trust would have come into being at that time with Mum and I being trustees (I'm the only child) thus protecting 1/2 the property. Mum 92 has now moved into a care home and the property has been sold to pay the care fees.…
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solicitors (hidden ?) fees as executor for a will ??
My widowed mother passed away last month.The solicitor who drew up her Will is named as the Executor. Mums Will should be straight forward enough - she left everything to myself and my sister. My (adult) sister has autism and has always lived at home with my mum. She will continue to live in the family home and I will…