Hi, my sister wrote my parents' Wills, she is also the Executor and one of the primary beneficiaries (I am the other, the rest of the family were left legacies).
My parents died over 2 years ago closely together and Probate was granted in Aug 2017. She has used her position as Executor to raise a mortgage on the property to enable herself to buy a bar. None of the beneficiaries or legacies have any hope of being paid due to this.
The Will stated that the inheritance would be distributed on sale of the property, but her son is living there and she is claiming that he is paying rent. But he is not in a position to do so. The house will never be able to be sold as it is now tied up with her bar as she has raised a very large mortgage on it.
She has denied for over a year that she has used the house as collateral against her bar, yet the Land Registry forms and Companies House info for her bar were recently updated and show a charge against the house.
She had asked for me to write a letter to the mortgage company when she was purchasing her bar (she said it would be it's own collateral and would not involve the estate), this letter would have mentioned that she had no debts against the house and I refused to write it as I did not want my parents' house even mentioned in her dealings and am also aware that she has a trail of creditors behind her which she evades by changing her name and moving house and/or country.
She has ignored my attempts at obtaining the inventory and accounts of the estate - the recorded delivery letter was ignored 5 times and the Royal Mail have now destroyed it, I also sent the same letter to her many email aliases to no avail.
I am also aware that she changed the Wills after my parents' deaths to lower the amounts left to some beneficiaries. On my letter to her, I stated this and have mentioned it in several emails which she has not denied.
I have the forms from the Probate office as I have reported this matter to them but I am unsure which way to go. I am not certain what to write on the affadavit.
I have also reported the matter to Action Fraud, but the Police's hands are tied unless I can obtain evidence for them apparently - but the creditors/accountant/solicitor who arranged her mortgage will not respond to my requests for the information.
I feel at a loss where to turn as she has ensured that this is all very convoluted and not easily unraveled.
She is well aware that none of the rest of the family can afford solicitors fees to fight her and my own poor mental health has allowed her to defraud the estate as I was unable to prove what she had done until recently. She does not seem to think she's done anything wrong, yet she denies having done it and has cut off all communication with most of the family.
Could anyone offer a hint of a path to go down to sort this out?
Many Thanks
My parents died over 2 years ago closely together and Probate was granted in Aug 2017. She has used her position as Executor to raise a mortgage on the property to enable herself to buy a bar. None of the beneficiaries or legacies have any hope of being paid due to this.
The Will stated that the inheritance would be distributed on sale of the property, but her son is living there and she is claiming that he is paying rent. But he is not in a position to do so. The house will never be able to be sold as it is now tied up with her bar as she has raised a very large mortgage on it.
She has denied for over a year that she has used the house as collateral against her bar, yet the Land Registry forms and Companies House info for her bar were recently updated and show a charge against the house.
She had asked for me to write a letter to the mortgage company when she was purchasing her bar (she said it would be it's own collateral and would not involve the estate), this letter would have mentioned that she had no debts against the house and I refused to write it as I did not want my parents' house even mentioned in her dealings and am also aware that she has a trail of creditors behind her which she evades by changing her name and moving house and/or country.
She has ignored my attempts at obtaining the inventory and accounts of the estate - the recorded delivery letter was ignored 5 times and the Royal Mail have now destroyed it, I also sent the same letter to her many email aliases to no avail.
I am also aware that she changed the Wills after my parents' deaths to lower the amounts left to some beneficiaries. On my letter to her, I stated this and have mentioned it in several emails which she has not denied.
I have the forms from the Probate office as I have reported this matter to them but I am unsure which way to go. I am not certain what to write on the affadavit.
I have also reported the matter to Action Fraud, but the Police's hands are tied unless I can obtain evidence for them apparently - but the creditors/accountant/solicitor who arranged her mortgage will not respond to my requests for the information.
I feel at a loss where to turn as she has ensured that this is all very convoluted and not easily unraveled.
She is well aware that none of the rest of the family can afford solicitors fees to fight her and my own poor mental health has allowed her to defraud the estate as I was unable to prove what she had done until recently. She does not seem to think she's done anything wrong, yet she denies having done it and has cut off all communication with most of the family.
Could anyone offer a hint of a path to go down to sort this out?
Many Thanks
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