Have I waited the longest for my 1.50 wills??

[rosie99]

At first I did miss the fact that you have to download the admin and will separately, I thought I was going to be one of those people chasing up another page.

[Deirdre784]

I checked that having missed one earlier.... but mine just says ‘download document’

[groom]

There have been a few of those where the probate says will attached (and doesn’t says ‘intestate’) but then the attached page says ‘no will......’ I have chased mine up as it’s a close ancestor of my husband’s with a number of children (Davies), some of which we can’t find.

Did you do that by email or by phone?

[Jebber]

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It says on the first page that the person mentioned in the will, her uncle, had pre deceased her, but that wouldn't have meant she died intestate would it, as the estate would have passed to his children?
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That is not necessarily the case, the estate would only have passed to his children if the Will stipulated it should.

I received a legacy left to my mother, only  because the relative stated I should do so if my mother predeceased her. Other family members named in the Will also predeceased her, their share reverted to the estate because no alternative provision was made for their share.

In your example, if the uncle was the only legatee, then the Will may have failed and come under intestacy rules.

[groom]

Thanks Jebber, that's what I think may have happened. The strange thing is that the person who predeceased her, and his son who applied for probate, were both solicitors and she herself came from a long line of solicitors You'd have thought that they would have made sure that everything was drawn up correctly.

[Jebber]

For some reason known only to the people involved, the experts often seem to be the ones who fail to cover all eventualities, and it is not just in the legal profession.

[Deirdre784]

There have been a few of those where the probate says will attached (and doesn’t says ‘intestate’) but then the attached page says ‘no will......’ I have chased mine up as it’s a close ancestor of my husband’s with a number of children (Davies), some of which we can’t find.

Did you do that by email or by phone?

By ‘contact support’ as it linked to the order. Had the standard ‘very busy’ reply so have replied to state - again - that the will is not included. This was from 1957 so not an old one. Clearly says the will is attached, and it was only ‘download document’ in the summary. 

[groom]

Mine is this, so it does look as if there should be a will

[Deirdre784]

Agreed 😀