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Had a will done (also Lasting Power of Attorney, health and financial in 2018) and the trustees and executors were my husband (who sadly died last year) me and my two daughters. We paid £1,400 for this. My solicitor phoned today and said that they need to contact land registry and take my husband’s name from their register. Otherwise it would confuse the local authority if they made a claim on the house if I went into a care home. The will was set up that if I went into a care home (with luck I won’t) my husbands half of the house was protected and the local authority could only claim on my half. I asked that if I wanted to sell the house I would have to apply for probate (costing me £2,100). Is this because of my husband’s half is in a trust for my daughters?
if this is so the solicitor failed to tell us the implications that we would face when one of us died? Hope you understand all this.
What is upsetting me is that I would be paying out £3,500 for all of this. My husband would be upset about all of this as he thought it was all done and dusted. I know that I could apply for probate without a lawyer but don’t want to mess things up and I would need the original will that the solicitor is holding for us.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? My solicitor is April King.
if this is so the solicitor failed to tell us the implications that we would face when one of us died? Hope you understand all this.
What is upsetting me is that I would be paying out £3,500 for all of this. My husband would be upset about all of this as he thought it was all done and dusted. I know that I could apply for probate without a lawyer but don’t want to mess things up and I would need the original will that the solicitor is holding for us.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? My solicitor is April King.
