My mother died a few weeks ago. She didn't leave a will but the estate is fairly simple in that there's no property/assets other than cash (pension & bank account) & there's only my sister & I to divide the estate between. The total value of the estate is about £40,000 & I believe we need 'confirmation' of the estate to wind it up. We have been quoted a fixed fee of £1800 for a legal firm to wind up the estate (vat & Sherif court fees will add about £700 to this) which will include collecting monies from the relevant organisations & notifying hmrc that there's no inheritance tax due, etc. (& now I finally get to the point) are any of you familiar with this process? Do you know if this is a reasonable fee? & is it advisable to use a lawyer or a simple enough process to follow ourselves? TIA
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