When a person dies without a will, the court is still involved. The document that authorises the family to collect, settle and distribute the estate is a grant of letters of administration, and obtaining one is the practical task that faces the household once the burial is done. The process is structured, and understanding it … Read more
One father left a careful will naming an executor; another left nothing in writing. Both estates need a court grant before anything can be transferred, but the two families will follow different documents, and knowing which applies saves months of confusion. What is probate? Probate is the grant made where the deceased left a valid … Read more
Three months after the funeral, the family discovers that the bank will not release the account and the lands registry will not transfer the plot without a court order. The plot was bought in the nineties; the account has been frozen since the death. Where there is no will, both problems have the same answer: … Read more
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