@Kikki21 I think you are going to have to now push this matter if you are so concerned, however if the exceutor is protecting the estate contrary to what you believe, then you have no argument.
As executor of my dads will and his share of the estate I would not allow anyone any proceeds to be paid out until all matters were settled and that took the best part of 6 months. Even people asking for small tokens I sent away until I could then complete execution, including any items of value not regarded as 'estate'.
I have already sent my solicitor an email seeing what the next step might be so she will pick that up in the morning tomorrow.
Bear in mind that I have now spoken to 2 solicitors & they agree that there could be dodgy dealings afoot here from his behaviour.
Another position I have checked is interim payments & yes you can make them as long as you are confident, there is enough money in the estate which we have established there is.
To be honest, I would not have financially put myself in such jeopardy as I have now in saying that I would clear out my mum’s bungalow, due to all the hoarding & sorting, it took a few months to clear & I did this on the understanding that I would have access to my part of the inheritance money because of my loss of income.
The whole selling & buying process has taken over 2.5 mths longer than anticipated. That has cost me 2 more months rent than I was wanting to pay.
It’s not just that though, he is now endangering my credit score, if I don’t have enough money to pay my final rent & my bills & as of this moment in time, I really don’t have that money.
I have given him an alternative solution so that the money from the house sale proceeds is handled by the solicitors. Which he has refused to allow.
What reason has he got to do this & just be super stiff?
I have even said in an email that if there are debts that go over the estate value that I am prepared to accept liability of them - what more does he want from me?
Every will & situation are different & there maybe are not many right or wrong answers here but as of this moment in time, I feel I need to safeguard my interests somehow & it may even mean that I lose my house purchase.