Hi,
It's a long story but basically, following the death of an elderly relative, and after asking the county council what was the final amount owed to the nursing home, my mother executed the will and everybody received their due amounts.
Six months after the will had been executed, my mother received a letter from the county council saying nearly £1000 was owed for April's care. However, the amount my mother paid was for by cheque was for May so she thought they had made a mistake and said she would get the bank statements sent.
She sent the statements last week, following another letter saying the money was still owing (so after the first letter in November, they left it another almost four months before asking for the money.
What they failed to tell my mother was that the final cheque she sent, as confirmed by the county council, was used by the council for the April payment that hadn't gone through on direct debit......as the relative had died and her account stopped before the DD had been taken. (They took Direct debits after every month for the previous month's care.
So even thigh it does seem that the estate owes the April payment, because the council left it so long to tell my mother, does she have to pay? She wasn't the only recipient of the estate.....other children and grandchildren were too does she have a lfg to stand on due to the council not telling her in reasonable time following death?