inheritence

lulu1

Hi only joined so dont know if i am posting in right place. My brother is in hospital in England where he has lived for the last 50 years. He has contacted a soliciter to come to the hospital tomorrow as he wants to make a will. He is putting my name down as next of kin and my son is to get his house and money. He is very ill but of sound mind. He had his bank book in hosp with him but insisted that i take it home with me to Ireland. He says if he gets out of hosp he wants to go into a nursing home who will pay for this will it fall on me because I have not got the money.And also god forbid if he died shortly who would pay for the funeral in England. I know I have the bank book but it is only his name is on it. Also would I need to get a solicitor here to oversee or would his solicitor in England handle things

Valentine1

Call the solicitor in England who made the will, they will be happy to answer your questions. Alternatively contact a solicitor here in Ireland.

whydoibother

I am in a similar situation. Being my uncle's heir, I will presumably inherit from him when the time comes although I hope he gets to be over 100! However, he lives in Germany and I do not speak German, so only God knows how I will get what is rightfully mine when the time comes. It is a different country, there is the distance and language barrier.

Another thing is will I have to pay tax? What %? What about the money in the bank, will it be liquidated? He told me his wife's bank account was liquidated, I did not understand what he meant by that but did not want to investigate as he is an old man and gets mixed up, plus it is still a painful subject for him to discuss.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks

CIARAN_BOYLE

whydoibother wrote: »

I am in a similar situation. Being my uncle's heir, I will presumably inherit from him when the time comes although I hope he gets to be over 100! However, he lives in Germany and I do not speak German, so only God knows how I will get what is rightfully mine when the time comes. It is a different country, there is the distance and language barrier.

Another thing is will I have to pay tax? What %? What about the money in the bank, will it be liquidated? He told me his wife's bank account was liquidated, I did not understand what he meant by that but did not want to investigate as he is an old man and gets mixed up, plus it is still a painful subject for him to discuss.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/cat/

Here is irish tax. You may also have german tax liabilities in addition to this.