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  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,557 Forumite
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    chesky wrote: »
    I would ask the solicitor concerned to ask for an interpretation of the wording.
    chesky wrote: »
    Or go back to the original one - sounds like he might owe you that.

    As above - ask the solicitor who wrote the will what the wording means!
  • Dox
    Dox Posts: 3,116 Forumite
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    jemz0001 wrote: »
    Is there anyone I could send a picture of the full will to that could read and advise fully?

    Yes. A qualified lawyer.
  • maximumgardener
    maximumgardener Posts: 299 Forumite
    read the will and find out who the executors are. they should be named in the will

    is your aunt an executor? any one else ?

    it is the executors responsibility to see that the deceased wishes stated in the will are carried out.
    often they can get assistance (if needed) from their solicitor
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,100 Forumite
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    My mother was named as executor for an aunt's will and she was scared stiff - didn't know where to start and there was a gift to a person she didn't know .

    After some encouragement she went to a solicitor who quickly resolved it all.

    Perhaps your aunt is equally scared.
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  • unholyangel
    unholyangel Posts: 16,863 Forumite
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    share and share alike = equal shares.
    tenants in common = the share doesn't automatically pass to the other beneficiary

    https://www.sleeblackwell.co.uk/legal-articles/when-a-beneficiary-dies-before-the-testator
    Section 33(1) of the Wills Act states as follows:

    Where—

    (a) a will contains a devise or bequest to a child or remoter descendant of the testator; and

    (b) the intended beneficiary dies before the testator, leaving issue; and

    (c) issue of the intended beneficiary are living at the testator’s death,

    then, unless a contrary intention appears by the will, the devise or bequest shall take effect as a devise or bequest to the issue living at the testator’s death.

    This means that if a parent leaves their child a gift in a Will and that child dies before the parent leaving children of their own, then those children (the testator’s grandchildren) shall receive the share that would have gone to their parent had they not pre-deceased.
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
  • Brynsam
    Brynsam Posts: 3,643 Forumite
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    All this piecemeal googling and chipping in with well-intentioned snippets of information is no substitute for taking proper legal advice. A local solicitor shouldn't need more than half an hour to read the will and tell you what it means. Ring round and see who will do you a fixed fee interview (usually very modest in price).
  • unholyangel
    unholyangel Posts: 16,863 Forumite
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    Brynsam wrote: »
    All this piecemeal googling and chipping in with well-intentioned snippets of information is no substitute for taking proper legal advice. A local solicitor shouldn't need more than half an hour to read the will and tell you what it means. Ring round and see who will do you a fixed fee interview (usually very modest in price).

    No its not - because even if someone answering here is legally qualified or trained, they're not answering in a professional capacity (as to do so would be highly unprofessional and unethical) and professional indemnity insurance doesn't cover advice given on an anonymous forum on the internet.
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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