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My mother in law is still waiting to receive her inheritance 2 years after probate etc from her mother as one of the executors (her sister) is refusing to release the funds, her reason being she is not ready to let her siblings waste mummy and daddies money (her words), they are all in the 60s btw!
There are 2 executors (the sister and her brother). My mother in law and a younger sister are named as beneficiaries. We are talking about a share on £800,000-£900,000 split equally between the 4 so a life changing amount.
The sister keeps saying she will release the funds but then becomes uncountable, my MOL and the other 2 siblings have no idea where she lives and she stops answering the phone/email.
The sister promised to release the funds at the end of March 2019 but then refused when my MOL said she needed some of her share to complete a house purchase near to us, the sister said she should not have spent money she didn’t have in a very patronising email.
My poor MOL is just so upset and heartbroken that her sister is just being from what we can see cruel and power crazed. The other executor (the brother) says that nothing can be done as they both have to agree to funds being released and do joint signing.
MOL asked a solicitor what she could do and they said they would send a letter costing her £500 but didn’t actually say if anything could be done so it seems like a money making letter rather than helpful.
Any advice would be welcome, my MOL is not rich and on a small pension, it just seems so unfair.
Thanks
There are 2 executors (the sister and her brother). My mother in law and a younger sister are named as beneficiaries. We are talking about a share on £800,000-£900,000 split equally between the 4 so a life changing amount.
The sister keeps saying she will release the funds but then becomes uncountable, my MOL and the other 2 siblings have no idea where she lives and she stops answering the phone/email.
The sister promised to release the funds at the end of March 2019 but then refused when my MOL said she needed some of her share to complete a house purchase near to us, the sister said she should not have spent money she didn’t have in a very patronising email.
My poor MOL is just so upset and heartbroken that her sister is just being from what we can see cruel and power crazed. The other executor (the brother) says that nothing can be done as they both have to agree to funds being released and do joint signing.
MOL asked a solicitor what she could do and they said they would send a letter costing her £500 but didn’t actually say if anything could be done so it seems like a money making letter rather than helpful.
Any advice would be welcome, my MOL is not rich and on a small pension, it just seems so unfair.
Thanks
