Re: Threat of a Money Claim
She can make a court claim whenever she feels like it but whether she succeeds or not will be decided by whether she's actually owed the money. This complicated scenario of your late father's life insurance money may be at the root of all this.
You say £20k was paid into your bank account. What was the reason for this unless you were the beneficiary and not her (his wife)? I'm not prying I'm simply trying to establish whether she may have a legal case.
Also can you explain a bit more about the £4k staircase. Do you mean you paid for it on her behalf out of the £6k left in your bank account after you gave her £14k of the life insurance money? Whose name is on the invoice and receipt for the stairs - yours or hers? Is the house in your mother's sole name or is it jointly owned by you (and perhaps your brother)? I ask this in case there is some relevance to do with a perceived 'investment' in the property of £4k's worth of improvements.
A lot will depend on whether the £20k which was deposited in your bank was a 'gift' from your mother or a life insurance pay-out due to you or due to your mother.
Originally posted by powerchord
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You say £20k was paid into your bank account. What was the reason for this unless you were the beneficiary and not her (his wife)? I'm not prying I'm simply trying to establish whether she may have a legal case.
Also can you explain a bit more about the £4k staircase. Do you mean you paid for it on her behalf out of the £6k left in your bank account after you gave her £14k of the life insurance money? Whose name is on the invoice and receipt for the stairs - yours or hers? Is the house in your mother's sole name or is it jointly owned by you (and perhaps your brother)? I ask this in case there is some relevance to do with a perceived 'investment' in the property of £4k's worth of improvements.
A lot will depend on whether the £20k which was deposited in your bank was a 'gift' from your mother or a life insurance pay-out due to you or due to your mother.
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