Advice needed Contentious Probate

[Dollshouses]

My sibling gained Sole Probate of deceased Parents Will without my knowledge, I am named as Executor but they engaged a solicitor who did not get my approval to do this and I have discovered I am now Power in Reserve. Sibling is not maintaining the property and refusing to sell, they have now stopped communicating at all, is there anything I can do?

I would be talking to a solicitor as soon as you can here.

Apply for an order for sale. You're an executor and a beneficiary?

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Unless you told either the solicitor or your sibling in writing that you wanted to hold your power reserved, the application for probate was fraudulent. You should also have been notified of the application for probate in writing.

As you have power reserved, you can make a formal request to allow you to act as an executor. The courts will then update the Grant of Probate to include you. In the situation you describe, you may also be able to have your sibling removed as an executor. You need to consult a solicitor and get this sorted.

Ive said this before on other legal threads. While Ive answered questions before, Ive come to the conclusion no decent solicitor should give you advice on here without full knowledge of the facts and circumstances. And jurisdiction. The more I read MN legal threads the more I think the whole topic should be removed.

If it happened in real life the solicitor could even potentially be sued for their advice even if you arent a client.

Go to a high street firm. Most will give you an hour for free to see if they want to take your case.

Thank you, I wasnt sure if there was much I could do if Probate had already been granted but will speak to a solicitor to see if theres a way forward from this