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That's brilliant. Thanks.

What will the take home pay be for someone who just started a new job in Ireland after years of living away. Mid 40's female, single, lives in a rented house, no dependents/kids. Salary is 28,000 euros p/a Seeing as the year is half over, how do the tax thresholds work, in terms of what you...

Under the current Dept of Revenue guidelines, each one of your kids can receive 30,150 euros worth of cash/property/stocks etc etc from a grandparent before they have to pay Capital Acquisitions Tax on them. (Link to threshold levels here: http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/cat/thresholds.html )...

OP, family members ( immediate or otherwise ) don't have any automatic rights to see a Will. As mf1 says, if they are mentioned in it, they are entitled to see the parts of it that relate to them. If they are not named in the will, they are not entitled to see it at all.

Yes and no. Family members do not have an automatic right to see a deceased persons will, only the named beneficiaries of the will do. However, those beneficiaries are only entitled to see the part of the will that pertains to them, and not the will in its entirety. The executor can choose to...

My parents used to joke that they had every intention of spending every single penny they had before they died. They did a fair amount of traveling before they died, so my siblings and I presumed that was exactly what they were doing, and wished them all the best. We loved seeing them lead such...

First of all, my sympathies on your situation. It must be a very difficult time for you. Your siblings do not sound like a nice couple at all. A few questions. 1. What is a SC, a solicitor? If you have already consulted a solicitor about this mess, he/she is the one that you should be...

OP, who are the parents of this half sibling? I mean their legal parents, not necessarily their biological ones. Was this supposed half sibling ever legally adopted by someone (other than your father) as their own child? If they were, they acquire inheritance rights with those "new" parents and...

The drawing up of a Will, and being the Executor named in it, are often two completely different things/people. If the solicitor drew up the will, but someone else is named in it as its Executor, then the solicitor has nothing more to do with the case. It is then up to the executor to see that...

I imagine that most solicitors would have some sort of system in place whereby they keep in touch with their clients, just so that they will be up to speed if there is a major change in the personal circumstances of the people that they service, such as death. I mean if I am in the business of...

Do siblings have an automatic obligations under law to provide for each other? I know that parents have duty of care obligations towards their kids, but do siblings have that too? I wasn't aware that they did.

Setting all the emotions & touchy family dymamics aside aside for a sec, isn't the OP legally entitled to 1/3 of his fathers estate? His father died without a will. Intestacy laws therefore apply. Under those laws, the surviving spouse gets 2/3 of the deceased estate, with the remaining 1/3...

When it comes to inheiritance tax, you will fall into Category C which has a tax free exemption of of 16,700 euros. That is the first 16,700 is tax free. Every thing above that you pay CAT tax at a rate of 20%. If you were inheiriting directly from your uncle, you would fall into Category B...

That is odd. Why would he write a will at all if he didn't want to specify who his property went to when he died? What does the will say if it doesn't say that? If he did have property and its not mentioned in the Will, then intestacy laws apply. They kick in where there is no will at all, and...

Who is the Executor of the estate OP? If the deceased person wrote a Will, it is highly likely that they also appointed an executor to handle their financial affairs when they die. That is who will be in charge of what goes on. If it is a solicitor, you are pretty much stuck with him and his...

Wow. Tricky situation OP, I don't envy you. So many things to consider. Doing what is best for you financially, but not jeopardizing your long term relationship with your sister is not an easy task. Agree with everyone else that if your your sister lives in the house, she needs to be paying you...

OP, 2 questions, 1. Did your mother make a verbal commitment to leave the house to you, or provide for you in any way due to your living with her and taking care of her? Can you prove this? 2. Was the Will written recently? Was your mother not of sound mind and body when she wrote it? Do you...

Agree with that 100% When I was 10, I walking down the road minding my own business when I was attacked and bitten by a Golden Labrador. He took a nice big chunk out of my thigh. I have been terrified by dogs ever since. If one runs anywhere near me and he is off his leash, I freeze up and...

OP, who was the executor of the estate? Has the ownership of the house been officially changed over to you and your brother? Do the deeds to the house have both your names on it? Does your brother have a decent income whereby he would have the ability to buy out your share within 12 months, or...

Sorry. No sympathy for the OP. I used to work for a company that did off site catering jobs. Our drivers lives were made very hard by inconsiderate drivers who couldn't be bothered finding proper parking. They'd park in our loading bay spots, if they just "popping in" to the offices for a...