Probate/no will - any experience?
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I've just come in to a recorded letter from a will finding service that has speculatively written to me. I thought I'd have a Google and I've come across a Letters of Administration on the Gov probate site.
The wording being:
"The lawful attorney of 'X'
for their use and benefit until further representation be granted".
This was dated Feb 2023. It appears my relatives estate (I attended the funeral and didn't think anything further) has been paid out to X above (who is my younger sister.
No will was made an a Solicitor was appointed and paid out to my younger sister with no attempts to trace me (or any person to contact me).
From a Google read up it appears the matter is done and dusted?
I must admit I hadn't given it much thought post funeral etc and the family had sorted out the paperwork.
The wording being:
"The lawful attorney of 'X'
for their use and benefit until further representation be granted".
This was dated Feb 2023. It appears my relatives estate (I attended the funeral and didn't think anything further) has been paid out to X above (who is my younger sister.
No will was made an a Solicitor was appointed and paid out to my younger sister with no attempts to trace me (or any person to contact me).
From a Google read up it appears the matter is done and dusted?
I must admit I hadn't given it much thought post funeral etc and the family had sorted out the paperwork.
What relation was the Deceased to you and your sister?
When somebody dies Intestate there is a pecking order in terms of how their assets are divvied up.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/death-and...
When somebody dies Intestate there is a pecking order in terms of how their assets are divvied up.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/death-and...
Hugo Stiglitz said:
I've just come in to a recorded letter from a will finding service that has speculatively written to me. I thought I'd have a Google and I've come across a Letters of Administration on the Gov probate site.
The wording being:
"The lawful attorney of 'X'
for their use and benefit until further representation be granted".
This was dated Feb 2023. It appears my relatives estate (I attended the funeral and didn't think anything further) has been paid out to X above (who is my younger sister.
No will was made an a Solicitor was appointed and paid out to my younger sister with no attempts to trace me (or any person to contact me).
From a Google read up it appears the matter is done and dusted?
I must admit I hadn't given it much thought post funeral etc and the family had sorted out the paperwork.
"The wording being:
"The lawful attorney of 'X'
for their use and benefit until further representation be granted".
This was dated Feb 2023. It appears my relatives estate (I attended the funeral and didn't think anything further) has been paid out to X above (who is my younger sister.
No will was made an a Solicitor was appointed and paid out to my younger sister with no attempts to trace me (or any person to contact me).
From a Google read up it appears the matter is done and dusted?
I must admit I hadn't given it much thought post funeral etc and the family had sorted out the paperwork.
if it's a "will finding service" and they've written to you "speculatively" it sounds like a scam. What are they wanting you to do? I would be very careful about handing over any money for any "services".
Google probate search.gov.uk
If a will was left it will have been published there.
There will also be a record of who was appointed as executor.
There are rules for how things should be divided which executors should follow but how they act depends on what they know or what they have been told/made aware of.
If you disagree with how things have been handled you can challenge them but there are time limits ( 6 months from grant of probate IIRC )
IANAL and the best advice I can give is to speak to a properly qualified one. From my own experience when my estranged father died people you thought you could trust can get very underhand when there is the sniff of free money.
If a will was left it will have been published there.
There will also be a record of who was appointed as executor.
There are rules for how things should be divided which executors should follow but how they act depends on what they know or what they have been told/made aware of.
If you disagree with how things have been handled you can challenge them but there are time limits ( 6 months from grant of probate IIRC )
IANAL and the best advice I can give is to speak to a properly qualified one. From my own experience when my estranged father died people you thought you could trust can get very underhand when there is the sniff of free money.
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