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9 Jan
9:54am, 9 Jan 2025
72,044 posts
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LindsD
At the time, we were £7 over the threshold (yes, seven pounds) and it was still pretty quick.
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9 Jan
10:30am, 9 Jan 2025
20,621 posts
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Mandymoo
Probate was done ages ago here but still not sorted everything out but I think that is a lot to do with paperwork this end, with my dad and brother. They are both a nightmare
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9 Jan
5:00pm, 9 Jan 2025
801 posts
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christmasmental
Slightly dreading it as we have now been told we will have to do probate for FIL for one of the high street banks to transfer a not massive sum to his widow. Literally no one else needs it, it’s nowhere near the threshold but some sod decided to be ornery. Debating whether it’s even worthwhile tbh.
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9 Jan
5:41pm, 9 Jan 2025
18,320 posts
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jdawayinamanger
You could certainly consider calling their bluff by telling them you aren’t going to bother…can’t imagine they will really want to keep the account indefinitely.
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9 Jan
8:10pm, 9 Jan 2025
25,518 posts
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3M
I'd be asking them for their justification. Not least of all because a widow would normally inherit automatically.
From https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/if-theres-a-will#:~:text=You%20can%20apply%20for%20probate,ll%20become%20a%20public%20record.
"You may not need probate if the person who died:
only had savings
owned shares or money with others - this automatically passes to the surviving owners unless they’ve agreed otherwise
owned land or property as ‘joint tenants’ with others - this automatically passes to the surviving owners"
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9 Jan
10:24pm, 9 Jan 2025
28,854 posts
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Lizzie W
Yes, for us the property and joint accounts went to the remaining spouse but larger sole account having to get probate for.
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10 Jan
7:52am, 10 Jan 2025
4,395 posts
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Big_G
When my wife died I needed probate for her individual savings. The house and joint savings came to me, as did her pension. But her individual savings I needed probate for.
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10 Jan
8:23am, 10 Jan 2025
20,627 posts
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Mandymoo
Same here - half of house and joint accounts all went to dad, savings went to probate and then the trust (which is where the other half of the house is going)
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10 Jan
5:13pm, 10 Jan 2025
802 posts
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christmasmental
Thanks all, that’s helpful to know. Going to see if we can’t talk some sense into them first
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10 Jan
7:00pm, 10 Jan 2025
8,061 posts
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ThorntonRunner
My cousin died (cancer) mid-December. Just had a call from his brother asking if I'd be able to give his father - my uncle - a lift to and from the funeral. It's hit me that my uncle (mid-90s) moves from his home of many decades into a care home on Monday, and then buries his son on Friday. Must be so hard for him. Hopefully the fact that his son was a fine man - a retired firefighter and a man of real integrity - will be of some comfort.
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