Thank you all for your comments, the executors was a solicitor and a close friend of the deceased. There were no bad feelings as I know and their death was a very tragic accident 10 years ago.
I agree that how can the executors hand out substantial amounts of money without being sure that the money was there. The money changed my life and allowed me to step back from my job and take care of my parents.
I still care for my mother but work very hard. Being asked to pay the money back would be very upsetting but it is more down to the time scale that is so hard to understand.
I know my dear friends would be devistated with this outcome and stress it can cause.
On morals, my post was deleted, so I'll go different. OP has done nothing morally wrong.
I find it strange a professional mentioning morals.
Are morals mentioned in court, in banks instructing solicitors and counsel etc
On what planet does a person, broke/not wealthy , doing the right thing, by their mother, get 'morals' mentioned. In a context where they have done absolutely nothing wrong.
To put my question more precise, is there any legal way that can reopen the distribution of an estate that has happened a time back. Example would be if a person is declared dead and turns up years later alive. I recall a Tom hanks film based on a true story of a person presumed dead from a plane crash only to turn up alive years later.
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