I recently received a letter from a solicitor advising me that I had been left a legacy totalling £2,800.
Several months later I received a cheque for £2,000, with no explanation as to why it was £800 less than expected.
I queried the difference and was told that the legacy had been calculated as a percentage of the value of a property, and that when they initially wrote, it was calculated on an estimated value. The value agreed for probate was lower, hence the adjustment in the legacy.
Their initial letter did not mention that the value was estimated.
Is this normal and just flaky admin on the part of the solicitor, or is something odd going on?
I believe the property was being lived in by the son of the deceased (although it has since been sold), so it might have been in their interests to get a lower valuation for probate.
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Probate question - change to property valuation?
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chillipickle · 17/11/2010 00:03
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