Peter Crosland Wrote:
> Mervyn Harding wrote:-
> Peter Crosland Wrote:-
> Mervyn Harding wrote:-
> My Aunt died last October. She did not leave a will and had survived
> her husband. They did not have children and he was an only child.
>
> My Aunt had 3 sisters and 3 brothers. Two of the brothers died before
> my Aunt one of these being my father. I understand that surviving
> children in this type of situation are entitled to a share of the
> estate.-
>
>
> The rules on intestacy (No will) are here.
>
>
> http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/basics/wills.htm
>
> You can work out who gets what from there.
> -
> To date I have not had any correspondence from the acting solicitor
> and want some advice on the process I should follow or will it happen
> automatically.-
>
> It would be wise to find out who has applied for letters of
> administration
> and make them aware of your interest. That might be the solicitor or
> not.
>
> Peter Crosland-
>
> I have made the acting solicitor aware of my interest, however,
> despite two letters I have not had a reply. The rules of intestacy do
> say that my deceased fathers share of the will is shared amongst his
> surviving children, however, the other family members who have an
> interest appear to dispute this so I am unable to discuss this with
> them. Should the acting solicitor draw up a family tree to check
> interested parties or is it done through information provided by
> family members-
>
> Whatever the other relatives may think the rules are quite clear and
> neither
> they nor anybody else has any say in the matter. That assumes that
> there are
> no issues about any of them being financially dependant on your aunt.
> Who
> has engaged the services of the solicitor? Who has applied for letters
> of
> administration?
>
> Peter Crosland
None of the family are dependant on her financially. I understand that
the solicitor was engaged by one of my Aunts sisters but I cannot find
out who has applied for letters of administration. Any ideas how I do
this - write again to the solicitor perhaps ?
Mervyn Harding
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