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My mother has just gone into the Public Trustee to create a will for herself with myself (her son) and my brother as 50/50 split beneficiaries for all assets in her estate. As she is getting older she has given me control of her finances. Now the public trustee says they can administer her estate themselves at a cost lower than that of a solicitors however I believe since I have access to most of her finances that I can administer the estate myself along with my brother with the will to gain probate. Her main assets are the house, her bank accounts and the cars which are all in her name. He also stated that the banks require a mandatory solicitor to handle administration so leaving the public trustee as the executors will be the financially sound advice. How difficult is it exactly to administer the will?
My mother has just gone into the Public Trustee to create a will for herself with myself (her son) and my brother as 50/50 split beneficiaries for all assets in her estate. As she is getting older she has given me control of her finances. Now the public trustee says they can administer her estate themselves at a cost lower than that of a solicitors however I believe since I have access to most of her finances that I can administer the estate myself along with my brother with the will to gain probate. Her main assets are the house, her bank accounts and the cars which are all in her name. He also stated that the banks require a mandatory solicitor to handle administration so leaving the public trustee as the executors will be the financially sound advice. How difficult is it exactly to administer the will?