Probate application taking for ever

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Primrose53

biglouis

Anyone can put a caveat on a Probate application and they do not even have to say WHY they are doing it. They can renew it every 6 months and it costs them just £3 a time!! You can apply to get it removed but if the caveator is determined to be awkward then it can be prolonged and very costly

An interesting way to get revenge against someone you hate,

Absolutely and some evil people are doing just that. The law needs changing.

Mind you, Probate was finally granted after they realised what was being said was a load of rubbish. I then drew up the accounts and deducted all legal fees from his share so he lost out in the end. An absolutely pointless exercise on his behalf.

What about situations where what is said is NOT a load of rubbish. We are likely to be in this situation in the future. Our relative has been "persuaded" to amend his will in favour of others. We fully intend to put a caveat on Probate. We are not evil!

fair enough but I know of hundreds of people who have had caveats placed on their applications purely out of spite.

In this day and age it definitely should cost more than £3 to put a caveat on …. That is just a ridiculous amount.

Don’t you think it’s only fair to say WHY you are putting a caveat on. It should be the law.

The caveator in our case was so pig ignorant that he would not reply to letters from us or the solicitor asking for reasons. Then he started requesting things that he had already been provided with just to delay the process.

You do realise this could cost you a lot of money don’t you?

I can only speak for myself - I would be willing to pay more to put a caveat on and to say why. In our case, unscrupulous relatives have "persuaded" an elderly vulnerable person to change his will, without informing other members of the family. They have been deceitful, and have constantly lied to us.

Yes, I am well aware of the costs - another reason why we are disgusted with the family members concerned. However, we are prepared to pay to take them to court so that the truth can come out.

I just wanted to point out that just because someone applies to put a caveat on a Will, it does not make them evil. Sometimes the "evil" is found in those who seek to cheat others out of their rightful and just inheritance.

Do you have any idea of the costs of contesting a will in court?

Yes, we're aware, we've taken legal advice.

I’m amazed. And if you fail you will be paying the other side’s costs. Revenge can be far from sweet.

If you're dealing with deceitful liars, what other option do you have?

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If you're dealing with deceitful liars, what other option do you have?

It is a horrible, horrible time isn’t it and it cost me two years of my life in stress, sleepless nights and being unable to grieve with all this going on BUT I am on the different side to you.

I knew 100% that I did nothing wrong and however hard the troublemaker tried there was never any evidence of wrongdoing. I should add that prior to the caveat he tried it on with The Office of the Public Guardian, Social Services, a care home and care home directors and there was never even a sniff of anything untoward.

As gsm says you may well end up paying the other sides costs so go carefully because fees soon mount up. Like I said, in my case I made him pay all the legal fees incurred.