Finders International

[Jackiemh]

Just received a reply to a query regarding what was happening (or not) as the case may be.
Finders are still trying to establish contact with the overseas beneficiaries, who apparently have a common surname.
So, possibly in 2025 we may hear something but I am not holding my breath.
Jackie

[Wellington66]

Merry Christmas Jackie,
Hopefully 2025 will bring some news.  Keep us posted!
Welly x

[Jackiemh]

Well, still going on but we have moved up the chain so to speak.
My cousin contacted Finders to check progress and was told that it is now in the hands of the solicitors but we aren't holding our breath. I have managed to collect a bit more information about the deceased and her husband's family and now have a dedicated file for this topic and our benefactrix.
Maybe by Christmas?
Jackie

[Gillg]

Long ago my husband and his brother received letters from a firm of solicitors about a legacy from someone they didn't know.  It turned out that it was a cousin of their father, who had never married, so the solicitors had to find all nearest relatives to share in his estate.  This was a welcome sum which we received at at time when we were young and always short of cash.  Quite some time later  they received another letter from the same solicitors saying they they had made a mistake in the amount paid out and requested the return of part of the legacy.  Somehow or other neither of the brothers managed to reply to that letter.  It was too late anyway.  It had all been spent  on outstanding bills.

[Wellington66]

You would think solicitors would have some kind of insurance for that type of senario.
Mistakes do happen but it wasn't your fault!  Bit cheeky that.
Welly x

[Gillg]

With the cheekiness of youth I guess we thought, "Your fault, your funeral!".  There was no way we could have repaid it.  I had or have no sympathy with the mistakes of well-paid solicitors.  It would have been a mere drop in the ocean of their funds, but I still feel a tiny twinge of guilt about it.  It wasn't my decision, anyway, but that of my husband and his brother.