My mother-in-law died a year ago after a 6 month illness. She didn't feel able to make a will so died intestate. She was in a council house so no real inheritance issues but she did have an ISA with around £10,00 in it. She also had about £11,000 in her bank account but my sister-in-law took all of that in the weeks before her mother died. My husband and his sister have never got on and have since not spoken nor had any sort of communication. He has looked into how he can get the money from the ISA as there are no executors or anything in writing (he will send his sister half when he gets it) and thereby lies the main conundrum. The ISA company have sent him a form to complete which would not require probate but asks for signatures of any other siblings (which he cannot get) and the signature as witness of a solicitor. So, called into a solicitors this morning and was told that we couldn't find out if the solicitor would be able to sign the form without my sister-in-laws signature unless we had an appointment which would cost £240. I feel strongly that I do not want to spend the money only to find that he won't sign the form. So, we will go down the probate road, has anyone applied for probate and is it something we could do ourselves?
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