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My aunt passed away in July of this year. She had 2 brothers (one of which was my father who died before her). My uncle rang a couple of weeks after the funeral saying ''you do know ** left you 5K in her will?'' I thought this a little odd as no-one had contacted me prior to this and my uncle confirmed he was acting as the executor so how could I have known before the call.
We are not close to this side of the family (but we were to the decreased aunt) and are worried that we will not receive this sum. I applied to the online probate service and paid 1.50 to be sent a link to the will - and received an email saying to wait 10 working days. It has been well over 10 working days and nothing received. To make matters worse the auto receipt from the probate service gives an email address of 'no-reply@probatesearch.service.gov.uk' and there is no telephone number or any contact number to ask why I cant see the will and I understand there is a time limit on how long it can be viewed.
I am reluctant to contact my uncle to ask for a copy of the will but I am curious to see why we effectively have been cut out as the house and savings would amount to around 300K and who has actually been named as beneficiaries.
If I contact my uncle and he refuses to give me a copy of the will I am really unsure of what to do as have tried the probatesearch website with little success so far.
Advice would be helpful? Would I be a residuary beneficiary so would I be entitled to request the executor for a copy? Floundering somewhat with the best thing to do. Should I write to my uncle and put the request in writing by recorded delivery?
My aunt passed away in July of this year. She had 2 brothers (one of which was my father who died before her). My uncle rang a couple of weeks after the funeral saying ''you do know ** left you 5K in her will?'' I thought this a little odd as no-one had contacted me prior to this and my uncle confirmed he was acting as the executor so how could I have known before the call.
We are not close to this side of the family (but we were to the decreased aunt) and are worried that we will not receive this sum. I applied to the online probate service and paid 1.50 to be sent a link to the will - and received an email saying to wait 10 working days. It has been well over 10 working days and nothing received. To make matters worse the auto receipt from the probate service gives an email address of 'no-reply@probatesearch.service.gov.uk' and there is no telephone number or any contact number to ask why I cant see the will and I understand there is a time limit on how long it can be viewed.
I am reluctant to contact my uncle to ask for a copy of the will but I am curious to see why we effectively have been cut out as the house and savings would amount to around 300K and who has actually been named as beneficiaries.
If I contact my uncle and he refuses to give me a copy of the will I am really unsure of what to do as have tried the probatesearch website with little success so far.
Advice would be helpful? Would I be a residuary beneficiary so would I be entitled to request the executor for a copy? Floundering somewhat with the best thing to do. Should I write to my uncle and put the request in writing by recorded delivery?
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