Probate

[theonlyone]

If your spouse dies and has left a will so that you inherit
all money , house etc . does it have to go to probate ?
Also if you die intestate with no money for the funeral
and are buried by the parish does that have to go to
probate , as the contents of the property have to be
removed .tia

[factor-fiction]

All the answers are available on here
http://www.direct.gov...eparation/DG_10029799
A grant is almost always needed when the person who dies leaves one or more of the following:

£5,000
stocks or shares
certain insurance policies
property or land held in their own name or as 'tenants in common'

Are you in Scotland? Things may be different there.

[dzug]

Well the contents of the house will have to be sold to at least part pay for the funeral. You wouldn't need probate for it though.