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flybynight
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Another potential messy wills dispute…..I see there are a few more out there.
My grandmother passed away approx. 6 months ago. Herself and my father were joint owners of the family farm – all my father’s siblings had left home at an early age and apart from one brother who came most Saturdays and helped out a bit, they never had any input into the farm. My grandmother left everything to my father in her will.
However, there had been some ill-will building up between the family in the run-up to my grandmother’s death due to the refusal of some of the other siblings to help pay nursing home fees. We have learned in the past week from the solicitor who administered my grandmother’s will, that one of my uncles had recently visited the solicitor and had requested a copy of the will along with details of all the land portfolios. He was only given the land portfolio numbers. Another brother had requested a copy of the will from my father a few days previously, as he claimed he had a life insurance policy on her life and needed a copy of the will for this.
We are worried that my father’s brothers are conspiring in some way to challenge the will, or find some loophole somewhere. One of them has strong ties to the property/investment industry. I don’t believe my father has even seen a copy of the will, and unfortunately is not proactive in doing anything about this. As far as we can make out, the solicitor is a bundling fool who knows little if anything about land law.
Further, it is likely (although again we are not fully sure) that some of the land inherited does not have paperwork of any sorts – the brothers are probably aware of this also.
Is there anyway that we can move to make sure all is above board and my father’s future is safeguarded? I have read a bit about title insurance, but not sure if this is applicable here?
All advice welcome……….
My grandmother passed away approx. 6 months ago. Herself and my father were joint owners of the family farm – all my father’s siblings had left home at an early age and apart from one brother who came most Saturdays and helped out a bit, they never had any input into the farm. My grandmother left everything to my father in her will.
However, there had been some ill-will building up between the family in the run-up to my grandmother’s death due to the refusal of some of the other siblings to help pay nursing home fees. We have learned in the past week from the solicitor who administered my grandmother’s will, that one of my uncles had recently visited the solicitor and had requested a copy of the will along with details of all the land portfolios. He was only given the land portfolio numbers. Another brother had requested a copy of the will from my father a few days previously, as he claimed he had a life insurance policy on her life and needed a copy of the will for this.
We are worried that my father’s brothers are conspiring in some way to challenge the will, or find some loophole somewhere. One of them has strong ties to the property/investment industry. I don’t believe my father has even seen a copy of the will, and unfortunately is not proactive in doing anything about this. As far as we can make out, the solicitor is a bundling fool who knows little if anything about land law.
Further, it is likely (although again we are not fully sure) that some of the land inherited does not have paperwork of any sorts – the brothers are probably aware of this also.
Is there anyway that we can move to make sure all is above board and my father’s future is safeguarded? I have read a bit about title insurance, but not sure if this is applicable here?
All advice welcome……….
