How long is probate taking. And how easy is it to do ourselves.

[Aliveandkicking23]

My Mil died last week. She was in a nursing home.
We sold her house last year so all she has is money in the bank. One account.
It's just over £100k so way below the tax threshold.
We both have full power of attorney.
The only benificiaries are us and our 2 children. We get 50% our children 25% each.
Her funeral is all paid for. No other debts. We have just paid this month's payment to the home.
Is sorting probate easy.

6 months so far here. Last time I looked online it said it was taking up to a year just now.

We found it easy to do ourselves - mum was in a care home and we were executors and already had POA for finance. She had several investments/accounts but it really was straightforward.. Pre-pandemic so can’t comment on current timescales.

You can do it yourself - but are you the executor of her will? That is different to power of attorney. Her will should say who the executor is. If she has appointed the solicitor as executor then you cannot do it yourself.

I did probate for a relative earlier this year. I worked carefully through the form and it was quite straightforward. Had no previous experience of doing anything like it before but someone said it is a bit like filling in a tax form - which I've never done. I posted it off with tracked delivery and l think because it was quite simple, as yours sounds , probate only took about 3 months.

But as PP said, you do need to be the executor, power of attorney is different

I was the executor to my mother's will . There was a house to sell , investments to sort , a couple of pensions etc . The paperwork is quite straightforward , you just have to work your way through it . I've never had an experience with anything like that before , but managed to do it ok.