Will & probate how long

kay 9

For those of you that had the misfortune of going through this will and probate process, how long did it take to finalise? TIA

keithdub

A year there or there abouts depending on the amount or value and sadly if someone rocks the boat

patsy_mccabe

I personally know people who went through 5 years of it. :mad:

restive

A really good idea is to make who ever is getting the farm the executor of the will.

ganmo

restive wrote: »

A really good idea is to make who ever is getting the farm the executor of the will.

Why is this?

Jimbo789

Shop around on prices from different solictors. You don't have to use the solictor with whom the will was written for getting probate.

_Brian

It could go through in 6/8 months with an easy will, good executor and strong solicitor.
Or years if the executor is weak and a claim is made or the will contested.

uck51js9zml2yt

It depends on the probate office. Has nothing to do with a "strong solicitor"
It gets lodged and depending on the part of the country.
Mine took a year. Would have been 9 months only they couldn't decipher some numbers. Sent it back to me and when returned it went to the back of the pile.

KildareFan

Involved in 2 wills. Both queried by Probate Office. Waiting 3 years in one case & 9 months for the other & neither will is sorted yet.

anthony500_1

Went through it it 2015 roughly all in 8 months, with the will been split 3 ways to 3 different parties, land to one house to another and money to the 3rd. Nothing was contested so fairly straight forward . From reading of will to finish.

Avatar MIA

Does an intestate (even if uncontested) will take much longer?

Kerrydude1981

Currently going through this,father passed away in August 2017,got a phone call to call into the solicitor we thought he might have news on it,went in and we were told the will was just been sent off now.

And only last week I heard on local radio that the biggest hold ups with probates is due to lack of staff

anthony500_1

Think from recollection the back log was around 6mts in 2015, so once the solicitor lodged it, you had give or take the few months to wait . If the solicitor is acting the maggot it could take a lot longer and plenty of money

martinr5232

Im going through this at minute been almost a year since will was read probate has been granted but revenue are holding up transfer of money according to soliciter.

tricky D

Whatever about a strong solicitor, you do need one that is on the ball. Nothing new there.

From recent experience...
If you have property transactions dependent on Probate, the solicitor can get this flagged and your filing may get expedited. Also something to be aware of is tax filings and liabilities. Given how long the process takes you might have to file a tax return well before the funds come your way ie. you can't pay yet. You should file the return as normal, ie. on time so as not to be penailised for late filing (10%) and importantly let the Collector General know your situation so that they will flag your return accordingly so that interest is waived. Revenue are quite reasonable in matters like these as along as you adhere to your responsibilities properly.

A year ago, I was told the average wait time is 18 months as they haven't been diligent in replacing staff. Fortunately, it only took 10 months for in our case.

restive

Because it is the executor of the will that dictates the speed with which the will is implemented. Which can be problematic especially if there are animals on the farm.

kay 9

Appreciate the replies all. I'm the executor, so hopefully that helps it along in a faster fashion.
Father passed April just gone and only got ask paperwork required sent in today.
Fingers crossed it's straight forward.

anthony500_1

kay 9 wrote:

Appreciate the replies all. I'm the executor, so hopefully that helps it along in a faster fashion. Father passed April just gone and only got ask paperwork required sent in today. Fingers crossed it's straight forward.

Make sure that either you or the solicitor contact the dafm to let them know the circumstances.
You will need to become herd keeper if you have stock.
They will look for a certified will, but it's very straight forward. Then a few calls to separate departments within the department.
I did that bit myself so kept a few yoyos away from the solictors pockets

kay 9

anthony500_1 wrote: »

Make sure that either you or the solicitor contact the dafm to let them know the circumstances.
You will need to become herd keeper if you have stock.
They will look for a certified will, but it's very straight forward. Then a few calls to separate departments within the department.
I did that bit myself so kept a few yoyos away from the solictors pockets

Have that done, but the solicitor will probably do it again lol....