My step sister who had control of my late father and step

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What does the Will want and what is she doing?

You have probably seen a pop-up offering you the chance of a telephone call at an extra cost. It is up to you whether you have a telephone call or not but do bear in mind that a 15-30 minute telephone call covers an awful lot of ground and you can get an awful lot of information in that time. So you can ignore it or go ahead or go ahead later. It’s your choice.

Meanwhile, we can carry on on here.

There are a couple of remedies here.

The first one is an application to court to remove her and have replaced although that is going to be risky and expensive and it’s unlikely you would get solicitors to deal with it no win no fee.

The other alternative is for anybody who’s been disadvantaged to simply take her to the Small Claims Court for whatever reason is that they should have received.

It is often the case that a robustly worded letter from a/your solicitor threatening a court application and an application for costs, may resolve the issue without the need to go as far as court.

On your house insurance you may have legal expenses cover that would pay for the legal cost so it’s worthwhile checking. Some do and some don't.

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I am not certain whether that answers the question for you or not, but I am happy to answer any specific points arising from this.

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No she isn’t. She has to comply with the terms of the will otherwise you either take steps to remove her and have her replaced or sue her personally for what you should have had.

You haven’t mentioned solicitors you says that your stepsister had control of the money.

The solicitors are presumably just safeguarding the will and keeping it in storage after it was written by your late mother. If that’s the case, they are not under any duty to go further than that or to make sure that the wishes under the terms of the will are carried out.

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I accept that she can’t do it or rather she shouldn’t do it because however you dress it up, she has or she is proposing to do and therefore your remedy is to stop her or if she has already done it, get the money back. You can’t beat her with a blunt instrument until such time as she starts to do what she should do and your only remedy is through the court.

It is often the case that a robustly worded letter from a/your solicitor threatening a court application and an application for costs, may resolve the issue without the need to go as far as court.

On your house insurance you may have legal expenses cover that would pay for the legal cost so it’s worthwhile checking. Some do and some don't.

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Can I help you any further with this?

It's my pleasure to help. I’m glad that I was able to help so far.

Thank you for trusting Just Answer with your legal problem.

I'm happy to clarify anything which is outstanding.

Please don't hesitate to ask.

Kind regards

Stuart