Paging the legal experts

A friend of mine (seriously) is the sole beneficiary of his Father's will.
The executors are a firm of solicitors who ,we're led to believe ,will
charge a lot of money to execute a simple,straightforward will. When the
time comes can my friend execute the will himself or would it be better if
the will could not be found so his Father died intestate?
TIA

 

Had this zact same problem when my Dad died.
He used a 'will writing service' where a very nice young lady came to his
gaff and sat down and chatted with him. A good will in all respects apart
from the fact that the executor could not use any other legal service to
execute the will other than the company who wrote it. To change that
inclusion meant that I had to contest the will, and that became an even
bigger nightmare.
So I did all the legal stuff myself.
Saved the high %age commission that the will writing were going to charge.
Do it himself, it's actually quite easy.

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Y'know, I don't know why we don't get rid of all other NG's on the
interwebthingy and just keep ukrm.

 

if he dies intestate then his fathers brothers sisters ,and other relatives
may well have a claim to the estate , this would give rise to far more legal
bills with the ensuing battle

if the will is simple then you are looking at a bill of around £1000, 1500 .

if your friend deliberately hides the will then he is likely to spend some
time behind bars for fraud and possibly lose any claim to the estate .

 

the person or company named as the executor must be approached first if
they chose not to do it then others can

 

There are no other relatives. He is trying to avoid the £1000 bill. The poor
chap suffers from dementia and is not lucid enough to rewrite the existing
will. Can I stress that this is not an attempt to swindle anyone only to
avoid the big bill.

 

How big is the estate

 

How big is the estate

A small flat and a few quid in the bank. Today about 90K

 

First question - let the experts do it. Amateurs meddling with wills can
cause problems which will be more expensive than the experts' fees.

Second question - don't take the piss.

 

"> Second question - don't take the piss.
?

 

Fly on the Wall emerged from their own little world to say

I hope the old boy has made an Enduring Power of Attorney, sometimes called
a living will. This is more important for someone with dementia than a will
IMV.

My mother has Alzheimers. She made an EPA about 5 years ago when the
symptoms were only memory related. Her cognition is affected quite badly
now. As she is "only 76" and has no life threatening ailments she could
live for many more years. There may come a time when she will need a
constant chaperone. The EPA allows me or my sister full access to mum's
assets. We could even sell/mortgage her home to finance more suitable
accommodation or care.

 

Third point - learn to fucking post decently (1) before you choose to
ask advice of newsgroups, fuckhead.

<aside to Bear>

See what I mean about cunts with non-existent email addies?


1. Don't assume that other fuckhead Steve Robinson is a good example.

 

that will cost about £1000.00 thats roughly the same value as my father in
laws estate

i did it myself but he named the motherin law executor but she was to
confused to do it so asked me..

does your dad understand anything or has his mind completly gone , he
wouldnt need to make a will just ad a caveet

 

Some twat kicked your cradle again .

 

sound advise

 

'ang on a mo!
I might be wrong here, but the OP didn't make any mention of dementia, or
anything else of the ilk.
Just that he would like to consider executing the will himself.
In that case, it's very simple...
Or,
Have I read it wrong??

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Greybeard

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nntp@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

Meaning don't say you can't find the will.

 

Here, have your missing "?"

 

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Pip
If you've nothing sensible to contribute then kindly get your toys out and
play eleswhere.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Fly on the Wall

LOL!

You stupid ****.

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