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[VickyH1]

Just asking for some help

Deceased Has No Parents or Grand Parents Alive and NO Children)

Only Relatives are 3 Uncles (1 Alive 2 Deceased)

All The 3 Uncles have living children

Does the entire inheritence go to the living uncle or is it split between the 3 as tho they were alive and trickle down to the living children of the uncles

Any advice appreciated

This will help
www.gov.uk/inherits-someone-dies-without-will

Yes been through that, but its not clear when there are deceased and living uncles if it all goes to the living one or is split and trickle down to the children of the other ones

It's perfectly clear to me. If the uncles are dead then their children inherit.

My problem is the living Uncle is dealing with probate via solicitors and will not pass on any information to us on who is dealing or what is happening, so just wanted to see if there was a valid claim for myself (Being a child of a deceased uncle) before ratting the cage any.

Am I reading that wrong? To me that says that their share will go to their children

Yes but that seems to be if all uncles dead. Does not go into if there is a dead/alive split

Thats what I figure but the living uncle is saying as the others are deceased it all goes to him

No - it says "if an aunt or uncle died before..."

Not "if all aunts and uncles died before..."

It's very clear.

It is very clear!

I'm genuinely shocked at the people who can't seem to understand a straightforward sentence!

And that same principle is applied down the chain. "If any of the cousins died before..."

It is very obvious that you don't need all the uncles/aunts to be dead before you start allocating shares to their children (or their children's children if any of the children are dead).

Cheers

Will need to try and find a way of finding and contacting the solicitor dealing then, as the living uncle is heels in saying solictor dealing and probate is done (House going up for sale shortly), and he is not giving any details as does not concern me as will not have anything from inheritance

Your Uncle is wrong if in England & Wales. Not certain about Scotland/ NI.

Tom, Dick and Harry are due to inherit. Tom and Dick die but both have children.
Harry gets his share. Tom's kids inherit his share as part of his estate. Dick's kids get his share.

Im not legally qualified but I know someone who had this and they were told they and their siblings were entitled to their deceased parents share between them, so if you’re one of 3 you should get a third of a third of the estate

Not saying you are 1 of 3, just generalising

Have you looked it up on gov.uk, as probate is through? The Administration Grant might include the solicitor details.

I think there is also info on how you should proceed, as there is a time limit in which to dispute.

Thanks, both the deceased Uncles had 1 child)

So assume it will be 1/3 each to them and 1/3 to the living uncle.

Thank you will have a look

The screenshot the OP posted above is from gov.uk.

The answer in this case is the same wherever OP is in the UK. The uncles each inherit one third of the estate. As two of the uncles are dead, their share goes to their children. As OP has told us she is an only child, she gets one third of the estate. The uncle who claims it all goes to him is clearly wrong.

I’d start with this.

www.gov.uk/stop-probate-application

It's perfectly clear.

Living uncle Adam gets ⅓ of the estate.
The children of dead uncle Bob share ⅓ of the estate between them
The children of dead uncle Charlie share ⅓ of the estate between them.

The children of uncle Adam get nothing fir now, because they will inherit whatever is left over once their dad has died.

He is lying and defrauding you.
You need to report this and he needs to be removed from all involvement with the estate because he cannot be trusted.

Cheers

OK found details

Estate just under £500k, Probate granted Mid Sept to Living Uncle

Does have solicitor details so will drop them a line..

Your help is very much appreciated.

Which part of the Uk?