Did your mum & dad own their house as tenants in common or joint tenants (or was it in one of their sole names)? And the only beneficiaries in her will were charities, not children or her husband? There were no joint accounts or other joint savings/investments?
The house was owned as tenants in common.There was a joint bank account which has been transferred in to an account solely in my father's name.My parents had 5 children, one son severely disabled since birth,another took his own life,sister died of cancer.None of the surviving children/grandchildren need the money hence bequests to charities.BTW we are not talking hundreds of thousands of pounds.Debts will be paid.