My partner’s mother passed away a few days ago. His sister has contacted the utility suppliers to get a refund on a large overpayment made on the energy bill. She has the wedding ring and engagement ring and said she and her daughters want more rings. They are coming to the house to get clothes for the funeral parlour.
They won’t contact probate. She said my partner is not to ask anyone’s advice yet she can discuss it with her daughters. He is a vulnerable adult who does not understand legal terms. Another relative coincidentally had money go missing before but it can’t be proved who had the money.
I have been blamed for not telling the daughter her mother was in hospital as she dropped something off at the house. At that point the mother and daughter had fallen out. The mother was at the doctors and had not been taken to hospital. I just said she had popped out with my partner. It was not my business to say where as they were not talking. She is blaming everyone for the mother’s death. My partner did tell her to come to the hospital and that went against his mother’s wishes but he felt that was the right thing to do.
The funeral has not been planned yet and my partner is worried he will have to move out soon as he lived with the mother. He said he can get free legal advice through his union and the sister took it the wrong way and threatened him with a solicitor and to put the house for sale after the funeral. The message was very nasty. She has calmed down now. He was only trying to find out what the legal process was to help them all.
There is a 3rd sibling too. What is the best course of action for my partner so he gets his fair share of the estate? I don’t want any involvement as it would be seen as interference. I just want the legal people to manage it for my partner as he is vulnerable.