Can you find out how much someone left in a Will?
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Not strictly business but I wondered if I could find out how much a relative of mine left in their Will. I'm not after any money or am in a position to contest the Will but I just would like to know if the main beneficiary, who is a close relative of mine, is actually telling the truth when she says that she was not left hardly any money.
bossgriff said:
My husband presumably is in the Will because he was left some money but I don't know the solicitors name because my mother-in-law wrote the cheque out to him.
Surely if your husband was named in the will he should have received a letter from the solicitor stating how much he has inherited and then he would have got a cheque from the solicitor once he had replied. Well that is how the solicitor worked when dealing with my great aunts will.
Although it depends on who the executor of the will was.
I take it from your posts that it wouldnt be okay for you to just ask your MiL. This site might be your best bet then
www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm
princess_s said:
I take it from your posts that it wouldnt be okay for you to just ask your MiL. This site might be your best bet then
www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm
I've contacted the Courts to get a copy of the Probate.
Thank you for the replies.
steviebee said:
I think I'm right in saying that the council in which the death was registered holds all wills of the deceased for public scrutiny.
I was under the same impression that they are held by the Public records office for anyone to look at! you just need to turn up at the Public records office that covers the district of where the person lived and request the probate records for that date, and giving the persons details.
Steve
The will itself won't necessarily tell you what a specific beneficiary has received.
It will if it was a specific bequest e.g. "I leave £1,000 to my great nephew Tarquin". But it may be a series of specific bequests and then state that the (undefined) remainder be paid to the person in question.
Certainly worth having a look but just be aware that the will itself may not give you all the figures.
It will if it was a specific bequest e.g. "I leave £1,000 to my great nephew Tarquin". But it may be a series of specific bequests and then state that the (undefined) remainder be paid to the person in question.
Certainly worth having a look but just be aware that the will itself may not give you all the figures.
Lurking Lawyer said:
The will itself won't necessarily tell you what a specific beneficiary has received.
It will if it was a specific bequest e.g. "I leave £1,000 to my great nephew Tarquin". But it may be a series of specific bequests and then state that the (undefined) remainder be paid to the person in question.
Certainly worth having a look but just be aware that the will itself may not give you all the figures.
It will if it was a specific bequest e.g. "I leave £1,000 to my great nephew Tarquin". But it may be a series of specific bequests and then state that the (undefined) remainder be paid to the person in question.
Certainly worth having a look but just be aware that the will itself may not give you all the figures.
So by completing a probate request will show you the copy of the will and what each beneficiary has recieved? So in effect is a mini account statement of how the executor has distributed the estate?
Thanks
Steve
steviebee said:
I think I'm right in saying that the council in which the death was registered holds all wills of the deceased for public scrutiny.
That's interesting to know. Many years ago my wife had a relative telling her that her father hadn't left a will and we didn't believe her. So, how does it work? Who is obliged to provide information to the council and is it done when the will is prepared or after death?
Boosted.
bossgriff said:
My husband's happy with what he received but we just would like to know the truth and quash the rumours going round the family.
Good luck.
Have checked and it appears to be true that only the executor has a right to see the will in he first instance, but once there's a grant of probate anyone can apply to see it as it's then technically a public document.
Also, unlike on Emmerdale, there's no such requirement in the UK to have a "reading of the will". Another load of American "just for TV" bollards.
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