Wills, inheritance and dementia; Help found now thanks.

Kirkstall Blue said:
I’m interested in making one of these because I hear the local authority can decide my fate if I don’t have one, can bluemoon the font of all knowledge help there was am advert on here a few days ago?
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You can buy will kits or check out a solicitor.

Key things to focus on are make your intentions clear, have two witnesses sign and date and witnesses can't be beneficiaries or the document is voided.

If you own a house jointly with your spouse and you haven't made any effort to divide it into alotted shares it automatically goes to them anyway, it isn't part of your estate.
 
Kirkstall Blue said:
I’m interested in making one of these because I hear the local authority can decide my fate if I don’t have one, can bluemoon the font of all knowledge help there was am advert on here a few days ago?
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Easy enough to do yourself mate. POA Forms available online from government website. Two separate forms, one for finance, one for care. We did ours about three years ago and, as I recall it was £80 each to register the forms but all the instructions are with the forms so there is no need to pay someone else to do it
 
Power of Attorney forms can be done by yourself. Just follow the instructions to the letter, especially the order of signing otherwise it will be rejected.
From personal experience I would advise do not choose attorneys of a similar age to you and make sure you have more than one for finance and more than one for welfare.
If it’s a will I would say under no circumstances try to do it yourself.
You can get them done very reasonably especially if you are in a union. Many solicitors do free ones for a small donation to charities at certain times in the year.
 
Just a tip, if either of your parents pass and have a property to inherit ensure the deeds are in sole possession of the remaining parent. We’ve just found out my Dad’s estate (house not bank and shares) will now take a minimum of 12 weeks to process probate. That’s another lengthy time of attending my Dad’s house twice a day to draw/undraw the curtains, I keep thinking he will be sat there in his chair every day I attend, so painful.
 
Wouldn’t probate have been required anyway if his estate, without the house, was over £5K?
That’s the figure that some banks or investment companies insist on seeing proof of probate before releasing assets.
 
stonerblue said:
My Ma died on Tuesday and we have been sorting out her paperwork. Her husband is in hospital with total dementia and is a shell of a person.

We have a will but don't think it's valid (no solicitor involved and only 1 witness signature).

Husbands 'family' have had nothing to do with each other for at least 30 years.

As it stands, and if the will is invalid, i presume the house (Ma's name only) will go to next of kin (husband?). And when he dies it will go to his next of kin?

Anyone with experience or knowledge of this stuff?
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Sorry for your loss mate . I lost my mum 3 weeks ago and it’s really difficult.
 
stonerblue said:
Thanks Paul. It was a few months ago now but i still have a 'moment' every now and then. Hope you're bearing up mate
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Very difficult tbh as when I lost my dad mum was still there but now got a massive void which cannot be filled . Protected mum for 2 years from covid has she had I’ll health but went into hospital and caught covid which she couldn’t fight . Very difficult with finances mate as the gov will try to take the lot if they can . Feel so sorry for people who have to to put loved ones in care homes because they lose everything what there parents have worked for . This country is one of the wurst in the world .
 
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