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14-04-13, 06:49 PM | #11 |
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Re: Anybody know about setting up Probate?
thanks for the advice, I understand it a bit more now, so I can ask my mum a few questions now and I don't need to see a solicitor neccessarily.
A trip to the probate office might be useful.
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28-12-18, 11:36 AM | #13 |
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Re: Anybody know about setting up Probate?
holy thread resurrection...
it took 2 years to sort out my mums estate and my bill was only around £3.5k but most of that was the percentage fee of the whole funds. if there are no funds raised then they cant charge you a percentage of it. the biggest bill was the fekin estate agents fees. i think your seeing the "total" theoretical rather than the actual total. yes solicitors charge a whopping fee but they only charge the "time spent". by rights an executor can charge a fee for their services. i would have put your bill around £1k if that unless your father had a lot of money in bank accounts, shares etc.etc which will al be sitting in the solicitors "temp" bank account. another thing to consider is who paid for the funeral etc.etc |
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So it was me, with my brother as back up, just in case something happened to me, but not joint executors, that'd have complicated everything as we'd have had to go to every meeting together.
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28-12-18, 05:13 PM | #16 |
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Re: Anybody know about setting up Probate?
No problem, it might seem like a load of gobbledegook but so long as there's no property or overseas stuff, I think it's reasonably straight forward. All the solicitors I dealt with were fine and didn't try and hassle me into letting them do the probate.
Helped that my brother in law had done it, although I did it without any of his input
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31-12-18, 02:12 PM | #17 |
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Re: Anybody know about setting up Probate?
A few years since this thread first appeared.
Lessons learned over the years. MAKE A WILL. Tell your executors you have named them in your will. And where to find the will. helpful to also draw up a list of your accounts/assets. Numbers, addresses etc. Not just banks, but pensions, insurance, properties, any significant loans that may be due to the estate etc. For me the difficult part was my BIL owned 3 houses that nobody knew about. And step mother who had given her nephew a 15 grand loan.
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Definitely. Thankfully my dad's affairs weren't too complex. I'm now clearing out his filing cabinet though, I know I don't need Spanish phone bills from 2009 but am wondering just how much back info I should keep for pensions etc.
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