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BoadiceaJones Thu 12-Nov-26 01:29:47

Is it unreasonable for the executor of a multi-million pound estate to refuse to liquidate and distribute the assets unless ONE of the three beneficiaries can supply their own will for the perusal and satisfaction of said executor? Beneficiary's solicitor had already drawn up a watertight will to protect their assets against any claim by beneficiary's second spouse's previous children, and second spouse, on executor's insistence, signed away any claim to residence or maintenance, when after a 25 year marriage, has rights to inherit at least something. It's all so unfair, but without that one beneficiary's signature, none of the beneficiaries will inherit anything, since executor adamant about refusing to sell assets and distribute. Hope this makes sense. Taking it to Court will cost a bomb, and it has already cost thousands in various expenses. Thank very much.