Do they know if there was much money in the estate, are they likely to be able to recover from the 2nd three?
Any suit would be brought against the personal representative(s) / executor(s) of the estate of the deceased, assuming all of this happened in this jurisdiction.
Executors sign up for responsibility to all beneficiaries (identified or not) including the Revenue when they agree to undertake the task. Any subsequent recovery from the original beneficiaries is the responsibility of the executor, but he/she is liable.
I'm having huge difficulties persuading my parents-in-law (in their 60's) to make a will.As an aside, I can't understand in this day and age why someone wouldn't have a will. Its not exactly rocket science and providing that you have some idea of the property and belongings that you have, quite easy to draw up.
It would appear that the beneficiaries were the administrators.
The question still stands as to whether they are worth pursuing.
RainyDay, I believe you, had similar problems with my sister-in-law and her husband. The way that I got them in the end was to say that the treasury would get 1st bite of the cherry and that in the event of their wishes being unknown, they could be buried instead of cremated etc.
As an aside, I can't understand in this day and age why someone wouldn't have a will. Its not exactly rocket science and providing that you have some idea of the property and belongings that you have, quite easy to draw up.
Saves a lot of heartache for the loved ones that you leave behind. Our brief did ours FOC when she did our conveyancing.
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