British Expats - WILLS AND INHERITANCE

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Mitzyboy

Dec 11th 2007 2:51 am

Re: WILLS AND INHERITANCE

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Originally Posted by Chiclanagir (Post 5656764)

Denise this is a terrible situation and I do feel for you. It happened to a friend and her father re-married and then died within six months and his widow got everything and the children nothing. Can you get a Power of Attorney in Spain?
That would then allow you to deal with her affairs. Good Luck to you.

If shes not capable of signing a new will, then its unlikely she will be able to sign a POA, although its certainly worth a try.

I'm afraid yet again it underlines the importance of drawing up a will.

On the bright side, Fred has advised that the estate will go to the children, but I guess that could take a long time.

When someone passes away in Spain, as in the UK, bank accounts will be frozen and any property will not be able to be sold. Inheritence tax has to be paid of course.

I do hope you manage to sort something out on your visit ... Good luck.

SueG	Dec 11th 2007 8:06 am

Re: WILLS AND INHERITANCE

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Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 5656803)

If shes not capable of signing a new will, then its unlikely she will be able to sign a POA, although its certainly worth a try.
I'm afraid yet again it underlines the importance of drawing up a will.

On the bright side, Fred has advised that the estate will go to the children, but I guess that could take a long time.

When someone passes away in Spain, as in the UK, bank accounts will be frozen and any property will not be able to be sold. Inheritence tax has to be paid of course.

I do hope you manage to sort something out on your visit ... Good luck.

I am not sure about Spain but certainly in England neither would be valid I'm afraid.

Having just started work in a lawyers' office I can tell you a lot of our work is preparing Spanish Wills and I cannot impress on people how important they are and the horrendous problems that are encountered if Wills have not been made.

xirles

Dec 20th 2007 8:44 am

Re: WILLS AND INHERITANCE

We have recently bought an apartment near Albir and wondered if anyone could recommend a lawyer nearby to draw up a will for us as soon as possible. Seems this is very important having read all the informative and sometimes worrying posts. Thanks in anticipation

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