Deceased person no will what happens

[dewdrop]

The case i have in mind is the deceased left no will and asset consists of a small property only. Deceased had several surviving adult children. Basically nothing has happened to wind up the estate and there is a prospect that some of the adult children feel the property should have been sold during the boom but they did not take any legal steps to do this. Am i right in thinking that if they strongly felt this should have been done then they should have proceeded then to seek Letters of Adminisration. any other comments on this type of situation would be appreciated. Is an insurance bond one of the requirements to take out a Grant.

 

[mf1]

So widow or widower dies leaving issue. Each of them has the same entitlement to extract a Grant of Administration Intestate. No-one of them has the sole responsibility to do so.

Papers necessary for a Grant:

Death Cert.
Oath of Administrator
Copy Oath
Administration Bond - not an insurance bond
Current market valuation
Inland Revenue Affidavit X 2
Any additional documents that may be required in specific circumstances.

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