I did try to answer it, she says weakly. Threads are as slippery as snakes and go all over.
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A simple question which in effect (unknown to me) was a supplementary to the incredibly complex situation you have described in an associated thread.
It is now four years since you first posted your dilemma. Many people have offered advice and support but you seem to have made no progress.
While the empathetic folk here will give you the best advice they can, they canât resolve the problem. You need competent professional advice. You are not the first person to find themselves in such a difficult situation (indeed my BIL has a sibling âsquattingâ in a house in the Hautes-PyrĂ©nĂ©es) but you have to move it on yourself.
Who are these lawyers in London? Who is the Notaire? Whatâs actually happening? Otherwise it will be another four years of SFA as opposed to SF.
Thanks John for your reply. No I only posted the topic for the first time this year. There are two separate issues here - the actual French assets and the additional costs Iâve incurred. as a result of the delayed settlement. The Notaire who knew/knows my Mother and Sister has all the paperwork and is waiting for my sister to sign off the final document. The second issue is for afterwards which isnât really complex but very demanding nevertheless.
In the meantime Iâm gathering information on Scottish assets for Probate but I wonât apply for it until Iâm satisfied the release of the French assets are finalised. Give my sister these Scottish funds then that will just encourage her further to do nothing.
As Iâm not fluent in French Iâll ask my Bother In Law to ring the Notaire for an update and advice (?). My experience with the Notaire is he rarely has replied to my emails.
I wonder if there is a professional body that could give him/her a gentle prod?
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Mine is the same, not only that, but half the time my emails bounce back as undeliverable due to incorrect address, even though I have replied to one of theirs and checked the address beforehand. Very inconvenient running back and forth to deal in person.
In general notaires donât. Try to get name of his secretary and phone him/her.
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The UK state pension was paid into the French bank accounts which are frozen so by implication the DWP has already been notified.
The Notaire surprisingly replied to me immediately and said he would pay my sister a visit that day. I suggested he take the documents that are needing signed with him. That was two weeks ago - no response yet.
Iâve written to the Notaires De France to ask whether going down squatters rights route might be a better way forwardâŠ
Iâm also going to contact Family Mediation Group here in the UK.