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My sister was killed by her husband in 1995, he was subsequently convicted of manslaughter and served a period of imprisonment. They had three young children, who spent most of their childhood in foster care. They had no further dealings with their father. He died in 2020.
At the time of death, they all lived at a jointly mortgaged property that was repossessed by the building society a time later, due to non-payment of the mortgage. I think I remember the name of the building society in question. If correct, they have since been merged with another building society.
Out of the blue, my nephew was contacted by one of these heir-hunter organizations stating that he could be entitled to some money because the amount from the sale of the property exceeded the mortgage arrears. They are willing to act but they want 21% ! He has asked me to make some inquiries for him because understandably, it all brings back painful memories for him. He is keen to avoid having a big chunk taken from his potential inheritance.
My questions are :
1. How do I find out definitively which Building society held the money ?
2. How difficult would it be to claim this money from the building society?
3. Are they entitled to interest on the money held?
4. Why did it take the death of their father to trigger their entitlement? (surely he forfeited rights to the property when he killed their mother).
5. In their father's will he left them nothing. Was he really entitled to do this?
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.
At the time of death, they all lived at a jointly mortgaged property that was repossessed by the building society a time later, due to non-payment of the mortgage. I think I remember the name of the building society in question. If correct, they have since been merged with another building society.
Out of the blue, my nephew was contacted by one of these heir-hunter organizations stating that he could be entitled to some money because the amount from the sale of the property exceeded the mortgage arrears. They are willing to act but they want 21% ! He has asked me to make some inquiries for him because understandably, it all brings back painful memories for him. He is keen to avoid having a big chunk taken from his potential inheritance.
My questions are :
1. How do I find out definitively which Building society held the money ?
2. How difficult would it be to claim this money from the building society?
3. Are they entitled to interest on the money held?
4. Why did it take the death of their father to trigger their entitlement? (surely he forfeited rights to the property when he killed their mother).
5. In their father's will he left them nothing. Was he really entitled to do this?
Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.
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