Inheritance advice please

TALON1973 · 20 Jan 2011 at 12:49

hopefully someone can help me here ...

my girlfriends gran died recently.....as far as she knows with no will ..

the gran had 3 children ...... one of which has died .... my gf mum , who was the oldest

is my girlfriend and her sister entitled to equal share of what would have been her mothers ? or do the 2 surviving children get all teh money ?

TALON1973 · 20 Jan 2011 at 13:00

hmm .......online wording seems to confuse me whn i try looking it up ..

ok heres what i found :-

Grandchildren and great grandchildren

A grandchild or great grandchild cannot inherit from the estate of an intestate person unless their parent or grandparent has died before the intestate person. The grandchildren and great grandchildren will inherit equal shares of the share to which their parent or grandparent would have been entitled.

(Example box starts)Example: Abdul has two sons, Iqbal and Ismail. Ismail has one daughter, Habiba. Ismail dies when Habiba is two years old. Abdul dies intestate when she is 20. Habiba inherits Ismail's share of Abdul's estate.
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TALON1973 · 20 Jan 2011 at 16:41

one of the sisters is doing it .. thankfully not the greedy one , who has a druggy bf ...

its not going to be a load anyway ... couple of k if she gets it

TALON1973 · 21 Jan 2011 at 22:32

Raymond Lin said:
What a load of crap.

1- the administrator of the estate will divide and pass on the assets according to the law of intestacy.

2- you only really rack up a huge legal bill when you start arguing about the assets. What's that mean? It means if you just let things runs it course, the solicitor aren't going to get much money. The more you fight, the more work they have to do and the more it cost you. Don't blame the lawyers for charging money when you go asking them to fight for you. Do you expect them to work for free?

3- you can still rack up a huge legal bill even if there is a will, soon as a party start to contest it. Which btw is likely if you do a DIY £5 one!!! At least if it goes to intestacy, there's not much to argue, the law is the law.

well if your on legal aid you dont lose your share