Assets still in deceased mums name and dad has died

[Pistom]

Just wonder what I need to do to sort this out.

My mum died in 2012, no will and my dad just assumed ownership of all assets including shares in her name.

The house was also in joint names.

She had a bank account in her name which my dad had access to and never changed the name or withdrew the funds.

My dad has now died, no will again. I'm the sole relative.

Do I just do a single probate application for my dad or do I need to do one for my mum too to take control of these assets?

[Pistom]

Many thanks, that's made matters clearer.

Re access to mums bank account, I don't know what the term is but mum had given the bank written authorisation for dad to access it years ago.

He was certainly using her account a few weeks before he died.

[Pistom]

Thanks for the advice and sorry if my ambiguity has caused spats.

Just clarifying the point over not withdrawing funds, I mean withdrawing all the funds. He was dipping into the account for £50 here and there but the account has about £20K in.