Looking for advice please.

[LawfulWarrior]

Hi all

I am looking for some advice.

So I have a mum and dad.

My mum is a social tenant who has low amount of wealth and only has a car and furniture to her name.

My father lives in England and is actively searches for unclaimed estates on my fathers side of the family.

My mum and dad married in excess of 30 years ago

My mum and dad separated without any legal agreement and the separation was to due to domestic abuse including financial abuse to both of us and adultery.

Now my mum is not getting any younger is now an OAP.

I am now looking for advice on what to do next as my mum does not want any of her money or possessions to go to my dad however is reluctant to divorce or pay for a solicitors will due to costs and religious reasons.

My mum would like to ask if I would be forced by law to contact my father in regards to her death or advertise her death due to her legal relationship with my father?
Also how would my father know if she had died?
And how can I protect my mothers assets and money from my father?

EDIT: Both myself and my mum are in Scotland

Thank you so much in advance.

[2222]

If your mum dies intestate, then her assets will belong to your father. If you choose to hide the death and keep the assets, you are effectively stealing his stuff, unfortunately. So, the simple answer is for your mum to make a will leaving everything to you. It's not expensive to do that, and she does not need a solicitor.

There are several charities offering a free will writing service. They normally suggest a donation to the charity or writing a bequest to the charity into the will, though, so it's not quite free.

Here's one. https://www.willaid.org.uk/

Google will find you lots more. I think that's better than doing a home-brewed will.

By the way, I'm in England. Scottish law is a bit different, so forgive me if there are any inaccuracies in what I have written.