You need a solicitor for this. Either the one who lost the will or another.
I don't understand how the farm could be transferred after your dad's death to your mother? Was there some form of a Grant of Probate taken out to your dad's estate? And did your mother make a will?
It is possible, with sufficient evidence, to "prove" a lost will by way of an application to Court- i.e. a copy or notes from the solicitor on the making of the will.
But some form of Probate is required to transfer land.
mf
Even when there are children?...when the father died, with no will (as there is no proof it ever existed), the spouse gets the entire estate. That's laid out in the Succession act 1965
I made a will years ago and asked for a photocopy. I got a funny look as if either the solicitor didn't approve or people didn't normally ask.bur a copy should be somewhere else. presumably with the person who made the will.
When it all gets sorted you should take this to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority. Losing a will is inexcusable short of major fire or flooding.The will was lost by solicitor.
Intestacy rules - two thirds to surviving spouse, one third to children. Adult children will often forgo their share to allow parent remain in family home.Even when there are children?...
You do know the mf1 is a solicitor? She knows her stuffwhen the father died, with no will (as there is no proof it ever existed), the spouse gets the entire estate. That's laid out in the Succession act 1965
I think you mean “Succession” rather than the Succession Act 1965.when the father died, with no will (as there is no proof it ever existed), the spouse gets the entire estate. That's laid out in the Succession act 1965
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