A question about : Land registry transfer of deceased spouse?
Mt mother in law and father in law had mirror wills leaving everything to each other. My wife is the sole benficiary when the second parent dies and is the sole executor.
The total assets were a single joint bank account and the jointly owned fully paid off house.
My father in law died in 2010 and as everything was simple (the two joint assets - the house and bank ac both automatically passed to my m-i-l) we did not need to obtain probate.
My m-i-l died back in November and my wife has now been granted probate on the estate. We are now in a position to sell the house.
My question - the land registry still has both parents names on it. Will this be a problem when we come to the conveyancing, or will the conveyancer be happy with f-i-l's death cert and copy of will? or do i need to do anything else now?
Best answers:
- Thanks. You mean no.problem in that I haven't got to do anything?
- We're in a similar situation with Mum's house, which wasn't changed from joint ownership when Dad died.
I'm relying on our conveyancing solicitor to sort it all out for us. Probate we can DIY, but not conveyancing, although my father's 'Do Not Destroy' file should be of some use to the solicitor! It's all the papers from when they bought the house, and while I know some enquiries will have to be repeated, at least the solicitor knows what some of the answers will be so won't waste too much time pursuing them.
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