Carolyn McCartney wrote: > In one particular case I have, I know the husband left the wife a > lot of money but maybe she went on a spending spree after he died! > As an example of what can happen: When my father died, he hadn't left a will and there's no admon either. My parents had a joint bank account, so that wasn't frozen. The mortgage had been paid off, so no worries there for my mother there either. She'd made sure it was in joint names. She simply took everything and carried on as normal. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk
When you say it like that it all sounds so simple! I guess that is what must have happened in a great number of cases. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: middlesex_county_uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:middlesex_county_uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charani Sent: 12 September 2010 11:17 To: middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDX] Missing Admins/Wills Carolyn McCartney wrote: > In one particular case I have, I know the husband left the wife a > lot of money but maybe she went on a spending spree after he died! > As an example of what can happen: When my father died, he hadn't left a will and there's no admon either. My parents had a joint bank account, so that wasn't frozen. The mortgage had been paid off, so no worries there for my mother there either. She'd made sure it was in joint names. She simply took everything and carried on as normal. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk ************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message