Making an Inheritance Claim
An inheritance claim is made possible by the Inheritance Act 1975 which allows those who are connected to the deceased but did not receive "reasonable financial provision" from the estate of the deceased via a Will or intestacy, to claim for a share of that estate.
You may be entitled to seek financial provision from the deceased's estate if you are:
- A spouse or civil partner
- A former spouse/civil partner provided you haven’t remarried or entered into a new civil partnership
- A child of the deceased
- Any person (not being a child of the deceased) who was treated as a 'child of the family' of the deceased
- Any person partly or completely maintained by the deceased
Inheritance claims must be made within 6 months of the date of the grant of representation – although courts do have jurisdiction to allow late claims.
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| Nigel Mills, one of our specialist Wills Contest Solicitors |
An inheritance claim can only be made if the deceased passed on whilst domiciled in England and Wales
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