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    • Banks have different limits above which they require Probate. So it may be Probate is not needed, although as he died with no Will that could complicate things. Is all the £28k with Virgin Money? Your wife should contact all banks who hold his money with the death certificate and ask them what they need to release the funds to her. Most banks have a central "bereavement department". Check their websites. Use that department rather than general call centre or bank branch if they have one. Nearly every bank website has a section on "what to do when a customer dies" so have a search for that. Your wife may also have to provide evidence that she is his daughter. When his wife died it sounds like they had a joint bank account so that's why her money just went across to him. But as it isn't a joint account now transfer to your wife won't be quite that simple.  
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    • She's an only child and he as a brother and sister. He has no will and we have done a check on this to find out if he had left one and nothing has come up. He has savings of around 28k His sister and brother are well off so 28k is nothing to them and aren't interested in his money. This just leaves my wife/his daughter. Would this still need to go to probate there is no estate e.g house or business to sell and the amount left in his bank is just small? When his wife died they just closed her bank account and moved her money across to his account and we just assumed that once my wife has handed in the death certificate and shown evidence of who she is the same would apply to her? We don't know yet the council have only just written to us today with a guide of what to do next.  
    • Did your FiL leave a Will and if so who is the Executor? Strictly speaking banks could refuse to take instructions until Probate is granted but In practice I would expect the bank to take instructions to cancel the DD if the Executor presents the death certificate and a certified copy of the Will
    • Hi   Sorry I probably wasn't clear enough. He had lived in the flat until December 2022 with Dementia by this time it was unsafe for him to have capacity to live on his own and he had to move into a nursing home. We had left it too late to apply for power of attorney so approached a solicitor in March last year for Deputyship. We were still in the process of dealing with it by May 2024. He passed away a few weeks ago and the solicitor was contacted to halt the application and we will just pay the fees of what work he has done up until now. My wife was the named person on her dads bank account but we didn't have the ability to alter any direct debits hence the reasons for applying for Deputyship as we were having problems trying to stop some payments coming out of his account Eon being another difficult company. We kept his flat on from December 2022 - August 2023. it was at this point I contacted Sancutary housing to inform them he was no longer living in the flat, it had been cleared out and was ready for a new tenant and that he had Dementia and had moved into a nursing home December 2022 and explained the reasons why we kept it on. As the named person to speak on his behalf I asked them what proof they needed in order to give notice on the flat e.g proof of dementia and proof that he was living in a nursing home and anything else they wanted. The lady in the upstairs flat and some of the other residence in the street had asked about him and we had told them he had moved into a nursing home. The lady in the upstairs flat wanted his flat for medical reasons so asked us once we had given notice could be let her know and she'll ask them if she can have it. We explained the difficulties and it was left at that but I did tell her I would let her know once notice was given. I contacted the company by email a number of times and also telephone conversations and nobody followed it up and it wasn't till the end of February this year that the housing manager for the area wrote to our home address to ask about him that he had been to the flat a couple of times and nobody answered and he had asked some of the residence in the street and they hadn't seen him for sometime. There was an email address on the letter so I contacted him and copied in the last 2 emails I sent Sanctuary regarding me wanting to give notice on the flat for at least 9 months explaining that it went ignored as well as telephone calls. I also stated I wanted to have his rent payments returned from the date I wanted to give notice which was from August 2023 as the bank wouldn't let us stop the DD without POT or deputyship explaining we were in the process of Deputyship. He gave some excuse about not having POT to cancel on his behalf and spoke to someone in HR and said he would contact the nursing home to confirm he was there with Dementia and if it all checks out we can give notice on the flat which came to an end on the 22 March 2024. There was not mention of back payments for the rent already paid or the fact I had asked to give notice in August 2023. Despite someone living in the flat from 1st April they continue to take DD payments for the flat and have taken another 2 payments of £501. another concerning thing despite Eon not allowing us to cancel the DD to his account the lady upstairs informed Eon that she was moving into the flat February 2024 and Eon refunding the account to his bank and said in an email sorry you are leaving us and canceled his account. Something they wouldn't let us do but a stranger. She also changed her bank account to his address despite the fact notice hadn't been given on the flat yet. So we need to find out how much information Sanctuary actually had for her to tell her power company she was moving into the flat in February despite the housing manager only just getting in contact to find out where he was. So a complaint is going into Eon and Sanctuary and we are going to take advice and ask the bank to charge back the rent. My wife hasn't taken the death certificate to the bank yet to inform them of his passing.  
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To be honest I think I have a more balanced view than most view on here

 

Big head:lol:

Over large Ego:madgrin:

Nose probably taped to ones brow:lol:

 

Translated means: Blinkered by **** kissing to fund your life style.

 

KARMA my friend.

 

Ive learnt this site helps people to learn their rights, not avoid debt that is legit and as for the morals if companies dealt with their customers rather than ignore valid requests and then sell disputed accounts on for pittance yet write off to tax, then morals go out the window and a valid just war will be declared.

 

Anotherwords companies dont play fair my morals now say BOGOFF :-)

 

Not forgetting BLOOD AND STONE :)

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Have to say where do the morals of the credit industry come into play flogging debt to those not well enough to refuse more than twenty times in one conversation, no no no no no,

you will be stupid if you dont want to save with us,

no no no, I cant see how another credit card saves me money, no no no no,

we will offer you less interest, no no no no,

oh sorry you are not accepted for our low interest c card,

okay off i go, dont go they say, it does not end there,

no no no no, I am on benefits,

that does not mean you cant have a loan,

no no no, Oh look you are accepted !!!!!

 

and guess what the interest turns our to be more than the original credit card and when friend and me try to cancel within seven days and return the money they do everything in their power to put it off and then say we wont accept the money back when I had no clue what I was going to do with 3,500.

 

It got wasted and company say due to what happened they dont plan to take me to court, but pass to dca.

So I am told to ignore their heavy demands from original creditor and reasured ignore their court threats, they cant do it without our say so, told to simply ignore the telephone harassment.

So I tell the ring of dcas that this will never make court, they OC has said so and I have it on tape and are they aware of it?

One by one each dca at this point passes it back to OC who would you believe it have also done dodgey default and ileagal recision then put balance as sattisfied and at zero, then would be believe it by magic whoopppeeee it appears again with them as new balance and they right once every six months to tell me this sattisfied balance has apepared out of the ether again.

 

These dcas and credit companies should buy a large stock of baby wipes to wipe their mouths with during and after calls, it must be so nasty having to deal with **** shooting out:jaw:

 

 

 

 

Imoral is when creditor within cancellation period wont take it back, TAKE IT BACK, dont say we cant credit the account or stop the interest without head office authorisation who have just refered you back to them.

 

Thats why this site is great, you learn your rights, I have the subject access request from this company clearly showing their actions and their note, mrs xxxx reminds us of her mental condition.

 

Answer: Not our problem.

 

Oh it is OC, you made the mistake of forcing credit down my throat, that is your problem.

 

For anyone thinking oh sweet jeesh this woman is terrible, who cares, enough people have told me the creditor were in the wrong who really matter xx

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Are you Mrs. Ghost by any chance!!!!

I feel that when someone supposedly joins these forums it is to help others

and to gain knowledge to help them selves not to make crass remarks, if the ''Ghost'' has not got the guts to speak

for his/her self then there is little more to be said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mrs Ghost? Not me I'm afraid dear :)

 

I was just reading it and don't really understand why you've all jumped on him or her - they expressed opinions which you all don't seem to agree with, which is cool and can sometimes generate a very good debate, but it seems to have gotten a little personal and I wondered why. Is he or she a troll, or do you just not like him or her? I personally wouldn't have said their comments were crass, and in fact it seems to be the replies from established posters which seem to have gotten a little personal. If they are not a troll and not being offensive then I feel, as an outsider reading this thread, that those of you participating are being a bit mean to be honest, taking it on face value. Perhaps there's more I don't know, but the rest of you come across as a little intimidating, and I'm sure that's not the case at all :)

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Those who have experience of sometimes 1000's of post become aware at some point that a poster

might not be genuine, as we know a number of companies in the debt collection ''industry'' trawl the forums on on a regular

basis to undermine the wealth of experience and knowledge which is given freely to all thos who subscribe.

Some time a note is pitched in a thread that does not harmoniise, and a little baiting draws out the non genuine poster.

This usually results in a GHOSTLY SILENCE.

Also I am pretty sure if the site team had any problems they would have intervened.

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Oh they do? Gawd, that's sad isn't it! I've experienced my fair share of trolls on different sites but he or she just didn't seem like one I guess and it made the rest of you look a little scary from my point of view!

 

Casper, if he or she is genuine, then they probably thought there was little point in replying.... It didn't seem like much of a debate, from where I'm sitting, more like a defence.

 

I expect you probably think I know him or her now haha, I just don't believe people should be picked on for a difference of opinion and that's what it felt like you were doing, to me :)

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Some like the ''Ghost'' Maddsy like to make statements such a ''career in law enforcement''

but the manner of their statements gives away the pretence, we are lucky on CAG to have many people

with a lifetimes true experience of many aspects of life.

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Why are you all picking on someone who holds an opinion different to your own?

 

Not picking on him/her, but dont like it when someone with an unknown agenda appears and starts to question the morals and immorality of being in debt, by quoting how much hassle the poor banks and credit industry has to go through to get people who in the majority of cases are in debt due to circumstances beyond their control, like losing a job due to the CREDIT CRUNCH brought about by these very institutions that cry foul when a person cant pay. and who then sells the debt on for pennies in the pound to an industry that if you took the time to look at threads you and the ghost would see is rotten to the core.

 

If this poster does not like this forum then they are free to leave, if you think this is harsh, then sorry but this forum is designed to assist people to KNOW THEIR RIGHTS and to make sure they are treated with RESPECT and not trampled all over by some commision employed PHONE DRONE

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The negative comments are no skin off my nose - after all I have no feelings, right?

 

What makes you think I work for a DCA? Because I am not so sympathetic to every debtor and his dog? I am not going to reveal where I have worked.

 

This forum is not really typical of what is out there - I know because I have had first hand experience of dealing with people being chased by DCAs. You're not all sweet innocent little bunnies.

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This forum is not really typical of what is out there - I know because I have had first hand experience of dealing with people being chased by DCAs. You're not all sweet innocent little bunnies.

 

Never claimed we all were, but the majority are, contrary to your law enforcement observations

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That is your opinion an I respect it, and no one is asking you to reveal your secret employment!!

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PGH, I would say it is the vast majority, and if the''Ghost'' does not like it as you said he should leave the forum.

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A thought has occurred to this suspicious mind after reading some threads in another sub forum Bailiff (law enforcement?)

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There needs to be an overhaul of the debt/credit industry, and indeed the borrowing culture that makes it seem perfectly normal to borrow 200k to buy a flat in London when you earn £30k a year.

 

I have no guilt whatsoever about my debt. The bigger picture is, I've worked most of my life, been a decent person. In the overall scheme of things, I am a net contributor to society, through taxes and consumption as well as the work I do. I have been a bit unwise and profligate with credit cards to the tune of about 10k. Another 5k or so has been added on in charges and interest. Made up charges, in other words.

 

I worked for investment banks for years before being made redundant and saw it as a fun numbers game for them, moving vast sums around, making huge bonuses from what is, essentially, gambling and usury. When it comes to poverty here and in the developing world, it ceases to be a fun game.

 

The credit industry and culture cause us to have inflated house prices .. sometimes we can benefit from this inflation, but even those of us who can make money from property have usually paid a fair bit before we cash in.

 

I understand the government "had" to bail out the banks, but they were let get away with personal fortunes and assets as well as company assets - they should have had to feel some pain.

 

I will try to pay back the substantial part of my debt when I get back on my feet, but I don't feel guilty or unethical about any of it.

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Congratulations, you should not be made to feel guilty because of debt, unfortunately debt is a product of in some cases

of a society that believes I want therefore I shall have irrespective of the consequences.

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Well, yes, and as an adult I hold my hand up to having done some of that! But if credit were a bit harder to obtain, it would keep down prices - I know we're supposed to stimulate spending to support industry, but a disproportionate slice of the cake we're all making (in good times) has been going to financial service companies who produce nothing.

Since my employment status has changed (I'm often out of work, and low paid) I've downscaled my spending - I don't buy anything I don't have the money for. My credit history is shot to pieces, but it's quite a relief, I want to live debt free at some point in the future.

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I for one wish you every success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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