grandmother's will, probate delay.

[superfan]

Did your father get a figure for the cost of probate?

I honestly don't know

What proof do you have of the submission to the probate office?

Again I don't know, probably just the solicitor's word on it.

Did that aunt have an issue with the sibling left out of the will?

Not that I know of, I don't think the family are suspecting anything untoward on her part.

 

[superfan]

The house your grandmother lived in was owned by who

Owned by my grandmother, lying empty at the moment and up for sale.

 

[superfan]

Is there any reason why a solicitor who took instructions and prepared a will would refuse to provide an affidavit of testamentary capacity, would it be unusual for them to do that and can they be forced to provide one?

 

[DannyBoyD]

can they be forced to provide one

Think it through - how would you propose to do this?

 

[superfan]

I'm just enquiring @DannyBoyD I don't know the system at all. I think it's crazy that someone would have to go to all the expense of the high court when it would appear there's a much simpler solution.

 

[DannyBoyD]

I think you've had a lot of good feedback here already in particular around your father renouncing the executor role.

Let someone else have the stress.

 

[superfan]

Regardless of who is executor it just appears to be unnecessary expense to me , a few posters on here have described it as the nuclear option, why let it get to that stage?