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Inheritance ??
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My Mother has been contacted by letter from a bona-fide "Heir Hunter" company stating that one of her cousins died leaving an estate and she may be a beneficiary, she is one of 3 remaining cousins still surviving. My query is how is the money divided should she be eligible, she believes that her bother and sister(both deceased)still have a claim via their children, her nephews and nieces. Is this the case, as I believe it just goes to the surviving cousins. Can someone give me a definitive answer thanks
My Mother has been contacted by letter from a bona-fide "Heir Hunter" company stating that one of her cousins died leaving an estate and she may be a beneficiary, she is one of 3 remaining cousins still surviving. My query is how is the money divided should she be eligible, she believes that her bother and sister(both deceased)still have a claim via their children, her nephews and nieces. Is this the case, as I believe it just goes to the surviving cousins. Can someone give me a definitive answer thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It depends, surely, on the wording of the will? In some cases, it will say it is to go to the remaining cousins, in other cases it will say it is to go to the remaining cousins and the children of the deceased cousins. In the latter, they normally share the amount left to their parent. That's what happened in my family - a brother got £10000, a sister got £10000 and the three children of a deceased brother got £3333 each.
http:// www.bon avacant ia.gov. uk/outp ut/Refe rring-E states- To-The- Treasur y-Solic itor.as px. Look at the family tree to determine entitled relatives. She can make a claim herself and save the fee that the company will charge.
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You have to follow the intestacy rules - since (I thought it was pretty obvious) there was no will. The lucky winner is the nearest relation.
For the cousins - divided equally and if one cousin is dead then that share goes to the dead cousins children in equal parts.
there isnt any discretion - the money follows the rules.
and make sure you yourself leave a will !
intestacy rules are here
http:// www.hmr c.gov.u k/cto/c ustomer guide/p age14-1 .htm
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and here
http:// www.tol lers.co .uk/sys tem/doc s/178/o riginal /Rules% 20of%20 Intesta cy%20Fl owchart .pdf
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so you can work it out for yourself
You have to follow the intestacy rules - since (I thought it was pretty obvious) there was no will. The lucky winner is the nearest relation.
For the cousins - divided equally and if one cousin is dead then that share goes to the dead cousins children in equal parts.
there isnt any discretion - the money follows the rules.
and make sure you yourself leave a will !
intestacy rules are here
http://
(link checked)
and here
http://
link checked
so you can work it out for yourself