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What happens with a Will after death?


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I know someone who has died and left a will and they told me that they had left me something , what happens with a will made at a solicitors after the person has died

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Its the executors of the will that sort everything out, but probate has to got before anything happens. Its the executors you have to speak too.

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Its the executors of the will that sort everything out, but probate has to got before anything happens. Its the executors you have to speak too.

 

The executor will be someone within the solicitors office, but if the person got married after making the will and never made a new one, it will have been revoked and everything will pass to their spouse. Speak to the solicitor, I'm sure they'll be in touch anyway if you're named as a beneficiary.

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The executor will be someone within the solicitors office, but if the person got married after making the will and never made a new one, it will have been revoked and everything will pass to their spouse. Speak to the solicitor, I'm sure they'll be in touch anyway if you're named as a beneficiary.

 

Actually, the executor can be anybody chosen by the person making the will. But it is the responsibility of the executor to pay any debts and then pay out legacies from the remainder of the estate.

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The WILL was made at taylor+emmets solicitors is it the solicitor that gets in touch or the person left dealing with it

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Actually, the executor can be anybody chosen by the person making the will. But it is the responsibility of the executor to pay any debts and then pay out legacies from the remainder of the estate.

 

Yes, sorry - my mistake - it will initially be sorted out by the solicitor though regardless, and the executor is often the solicitor but not always.

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The WILL was made at taylor+emmets solicitors is it the solicitor that gets in touch or the person left dealing with it

 

Contact Taylor & Emmets, they will advise you.

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Yes, sorry - my mistake - it will initially be sorted out by the solicitor though regardless, and the executor is often the solicitor but not always.

 

Only if the solicitor is listed as an executor. When My grandmother died the solicitor listed as executor was DEAD also, I was therefore the only executor and did everything. (Which saved loads of money)

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