Will Advice

[cacran]

My father has a will. The executors are the solicitor and my brother.

My brother lives in Spain now. My father 92 and it totally deaf. I have to help him out at times as he can't always deal with things, due to his deafness. He is not computer literate either. These days we are increasingly dependant on phones and computers and sorting out things without the use of either is problematic for him.

How will I deal with things when my dad passes away?

[atticus]

The simplest way would be for your father to write a codicil to his will appointing you as an executor. His solicitor can assist with this.

Otherwise the process after your father's death becomes more complicated, involving the named executors renouncing the right to take Probate and you demonstrating that you are next in line in terms of the right to take out a grant. This may also cost more than the codicil route.

[cacran]

The simplest way would be for your father to write a codicil to his will appointing you as an executor. His solicitor can assist with this.

Otherwise the process after your father's death becomes more complicated, involving the named executors renouncing the right to take Probate and you demonstrating that you are next in line in terms of the right to take out a grant. This may also cost more than the codicil route.

Thank you for your advice. I will get in touch with his solicitor. I do believe that the solicitor is no longer in our area. The solicitor was joint Executor too. Would this cause me more of a problem?

[atticus]

why should it?