Court Procedure Regarding Succession

Following on from posts I made here in the past, I decided there was no other option but to issue my sister with a second court summons to settle my mother’s estate once and for all. She was summoned to appear in court in December, 2025.

The first summons issued in April, 2024 resulted in the estate going through automatically within two years as she offered no challenge.

My mother died in August, 2018. My sister has been living there prior and continues to do so.

There are two French lawyers acting on my behalf, one in London, the other in France. I live in London.

I am hoping someone is/was in a similar position and give me an idea of what would have happened in court etc and what happens next. I have asked my London lawyer but he didn’t really answer my questions and instead cut/pasted some legal jargon which is very frustrating.

Well either your sister appeared in court, or she didn’t, or was represented - surely your lawyers can tell you that much? They should also be able to provide you with the details of any submissions made by your sister or her representative, and what the court decided (whether an order was made, whether the order is executable immediately or is conditional on some other event, etc, or whether the court has booted the case into touch).

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