Find Missing Beneficiaries
All cases of locating missing beneficiaries are unique and in order to ensure all bases are covered. There is a research process that needs to be followed, which can involve:
Local Enquiries
01Probate Research Technology
02Birth, Death and Marriage Index
03People Finding Software
04Historical Family Trees
05International Partnership
06In House Library
07Global Coverage
08When information is already known we can offer research on a time spent basis. This offers an easy way to monitor the costs incurred by the estate and can help cut costs.
Here the fee is agreed according to the perceived difficulty of the research required based on the information the client has. No payment is required if the research is incomplete at the end of the agreed time frame.
Suitable for intestacy where there are no known heirs and therefore, no administrator. The fee is paid through an agreement with the beneficiaries we trace – once the estate is distributed, the ‘fee’ is a share of their entitlement. Known heirs are protected from having to pay to find unknown beneficiaries.
When there is a formal instruction to deal with the Estate or Trust, we can be instructed to find unknown heirs who are entitled in addition to those already identified. Our fee is paid through an agreement with the Personal Representative or Executor – the “fee” being a share of the entitlement of any heirs identified, and is paid when the estate is distributed.
Fraser and Fraser’s Will Search has stopped over 3% of cases being wrongly administered, after locating a Will on estates believed to be intestate. We are able to help discover whether a valid Will exists before the estate is distributed. To help avoid an estate being incorrectly distributed and ensure all eventualities are covered, allows you to follow best practice.
Offering a thorough search for both registered and unregistered wills in the UK, using methods such as:
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Can I meet you face-to-face?
Who is entitled and why?
How are estates divided?
What is a missing beneficiary indemnity policy and how much does it cost?
Are relatives by marriage considered as next-of-kin?
Can I put forward a claim myself?
Is there a time limit for a creditor to make a claim from an estate?
Is there a time limit for an heir to make a claim on an estate?
Is there a time limit to claim an estate back from the crown?
Is there a time limit in applying for Grant of Probate or Grant of Administration?
How long do you have to contest a Grant?