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The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Sat Oct 24 2020 3:43pm
by expressman33
If a person leaves no will and no-one comes forward to claim their estate, it becomes the permanent property of the Crown and the Treasury

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... a_3eSTIALM

A list of unclaimed estates held by the Treasury Solicitor. Last updated 23rd October 2020.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic ... tates-list

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Sat Oct 24 2020 10:00pm
by BeautifulSunshine
Which is why everyone should make a will.

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Sun Oct 25 2020 6:31am
by blythburgh
AAAlphaThunder wrote:
Sat Oct 24 2020 10:00pm
Which is why everyone should make a will.
And a funeral plan. Nothing is worse than having to plan a funeral when are at your lowest emotional point and have no idea what your loved one wanted.

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Sun Oct 25 2020 10:05am
by planteria
i've done so the past few weeks.. uncle's funeral was on friday.
no will or funeral plan. not to mention trying to get a group of people into a pub to sensibly have a few pints.

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Mon Oct 26 2020 9:12am
by blythburgh
planteria wrote:
Sun Oct 25 2020 10:05am
i've done so the past few weeks.. uncle's funeral was on friday.
no will or funeral plan. not to mention trying to get a group of people into a pub to sensibly have a few pints.
That is sad news. A family member lost, no way to know what his wishes were re estate or funeral. And the difficulty in choosing who could come just adds to the emotional toll.

I hope it was a case of "not got around to it" rather than what one person said in my hearing once. "I refuse to make a will, let them fight over what I leave." And it was not said in a joking tone unfortunately.

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Mon Oct 26 2020 8:40pm
by planteria
it wasn't the latter blyth.. i sorted his funeral, and he hasn't left a lot, but he's left enough to cover his funeral.

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Tue Oct 27 2020 10:37am
by blythburgh
planteria wrote:
Mon Oct 26 2020 8:40pm
it wasn't the latter blyth.. i sorted his funeral, and he hasn't left a lot, but he's left enough to cover his funeral.
That is good news that he left enough for the cost of the funeral.

We have one prepaid funeral plan and the sale of the house will cover the other funeral. But will we save as much money as my neighbour? Probably not, her plan cost her £1500 when she bought it. Ours was nearer £4000 but at least we have not worries about the rising cost of funerals.

Re: The inheritances waiting to be claimed

Posted: Thu Oct 29 2020 8:33am
by planteria
perhaps create another pot to pay for the second funeral..