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Advice about a Will I have received please
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imp | Report | 29 Mar 2007 18:10 |
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Lyndsey This link gives you some information http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/research/willsmain.htm (very) Simply put - The Will contains the instructions and wishes of the deceased person. The Probate is the permission for the executors to 'execute' the Will in accordance with the instructions and wishes of the deceased. The above link has addresses etc which you may find useful. Also this link http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/RightsAndResponsibilities/Death/BenefitsAndMoney/DG_10029799 Gail. x |
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LB | Report | 29 Mar 2007 17:57 |
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Hi What is a copy of probate is (as opposed to a will)and how do you obtain it? Thanks Lyndsey |
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Yummy-Mummy | Report | 29 Mar 2007 17:50 |
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hi, my dad died dec last year. we know he had a will made out because my sister wrote the cheque for it. we found it after he died and it wasnt signed by either him or any whitnessess and we were told by a solicitor that it wasnt valid as it hadnt been signed. luckily for us there wasn't anything in it except that we could have what we liked out of the house and split the cost of anything we sold. |
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Linda G | Report | 29 Mar 2007 17:45 |
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Thanks OC. A bit disappointed as would loved to have seen his actual signature. There is his name and a line for him to sign and then the witnesses names and spaces for them to sign but nothing. I also have a copy of Probate as well Linda |
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Heather | Report | 29 Mar 2007 17:44 |
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Arent wills lovely - I wish I had more to drool over. |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 29 Mar 2007 17:39 |
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The Will SHOULD have been signed...but when my mother died, we were all horrified to find she had not signed her Will. This was despite going to the Solicitor's Office with my father - they had made mirror Wills and went together to sign them in his office. The witnesses had signed - but not mum. We think she must have started chatting with the pen in her hand!'!!' However, it didnt matter - unsigned Wills are taken as 'intention' and can be proved on that basis. OC |
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Linda G | Report | 29 Mar 2007 17:33 |
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Received my Great Great Grandads will today. I was disappointed to see that he had not signed it.... there was a place for signing but no signature....was this normal? ....Found out though that he had never married my GGGrandmother despite all the childrens birth certs. stating Mary Anne Glasspool formerly Angliss......Will says sole beneficiary Mary Ann Angliss... Spinster.......So never believe all you read.... Linda |
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