Probate question- is this correct?

[bojo7]

I would be very grateful for advice on this. My dad died last year and I submitted the probate form online. The estate was below the inheritance tax threshold.

Dad left everything to mum and all assets were held jointly with the exception of around £20,000 worth of premium bonds which were solely in dad's name. I am sure I filled in the form correctly to reflect this. However probate has just been granted and includes the sentence:

"the gross value of the estate in the UK amounts to £0.00 and the net value amounts to £0.00."

A friend I asked about this said that given there were some solely-owned assets, that these figures should not be £0.00.

Can anyone shed any light? Do I need to apply again?

Thanks very much!

I think you need to contact the Probate office. I cannot think of anything other than perhaps a clerical error in the office leading to the Premium Bonds being overlooked but if everything else passed by survivorship that would be the full extent of the estate.

Thank you bromptotoo - I will do that. Hopefully it can be fixed without doing through the whole thing again.