Lost Will leads to lost inheritance
When someone dies, finding a Will can be complicated for the family. At an emotional time, sifting through decades of the deceased’s paperwork to understand if a Will exists and indeed, if one is found, is it the last Will? Even when a Will is found, finding where the original is held can present further […]
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The process of signing documents electronically has caused a lot of scepticism within the legal industry, and the main concern for many professionals and their clients is whether e-signatures are safe and secure. For many Will writers, printing out instructions and completing forms by hand with the client is a traditional method that a lot […]
Woman Wins One-Third Of Estate From Late Partner’s Daughters
A judge has ordered two sisters to pay £325,000 from their late father’s £1m estate to his live-in partner. Claimant Carole Taylor, 70, met James Redmond at a jive dancing evening in Slough Irish Club. She moved in with him in 2007 and cared for him over the last years of his life. He died […]
Attorney Replaces Executrix Lacking Capacity As Personal Representative
A tragic case concerning a warring family has ruled that the attorney of an executrix that has lost capacity can become the administer of her late husband’s estate. John Parker, the deceased in the case, passed away in 2016. During a 2003 Will, he explicitly requested that his daughter, from his first marriage, was excluded […]