I have been reading previous posts on this topic and with interest. I am my co beneficiaries ( residual legatees) are estranged which causes a problem.
The solicitor acting for the Executors ( partners in her firm) obtained the Grant of Probate on 1 October 2019. There was a house to sell and completion was in August this year. When he came to distribute the estate he had not made application for the statutory advertisements and did it when this was pointed out. He then said he would distribute the estate but wanted an indemnity for the Executors. I said that I would not sign it and we would have to wait. He is insisting that the indemnity is standard practice and nothing to do with the protection afforded by the statutory advertisements. I stress that this is a final distribution and any debts are unlikely. However one beneficiary is outside the jurisdiction , one is now dead and I am the only solvent one. I feel that this is a ruse...
The solicitor acting for the Executors ( partners in her firm) obtained the Grant of Probate on 1 October 2019. There was a house to sell and completion was in August this year. When he came to distribute the estate he had not made application for the statutory advertisements and did it when this was pointed out. He then said he would distribute the estate but wanted an indemnity for the Executors. I said that I would not sign it and we would have to wait. He is insisting that the indemnity is standard practice and nothing to do with the protection afforded by the statutory advertisements. I stress that this is a final distribution and any debts are unlikely. However one beneficiary is outside the jurisdiction , one is now dead and I am the only solvent one. I feel that this is a ruse...
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