My brother passed in 2022 and left his estate to his two children. His son has accepted his share but his daughter will not accept her share. She's estranged herself from our side of the family, blocked us all on social media and is not responding to letters to her regarding this... even refusing to sign for the last two letters we've sent.
My sister and I (both executors) are at a loss as to what to do. We've written to her approximately 10 times since our brother passed away and have heard nothing from her. It's evident that she doesn't want the money but what can we do? The money is sat in my sister's bank account and we'd just like the matter to be over so we can relinquish our duties as executors. I know my brother would want the monies to go to his son but obviously we just can't go and do this.
We know it has to be done correctly. We've spoken to 2 different solicitors and it just feels like we've been passed around the houses. They can't even say whether the fees generated from speaking to them to try to resolve this issue can be taken out of the estate. We don't have the funds to finance this personally and frankly why should we.
Does anyone have any advice please?