This post is purely about factual matters, I don't want even to think about anything emotionally related.
Please can TP members point me to any information / laws which will help me construct questions for a brief period of free advice from a generalist solicitor (who probably has no real knowledge of social care fee issues)?
The question I need answering is WHEN does Mum again become liable for paying full social care fees as Dad - now dead - is obviously not occupying the marital home? Mum had stopped paying full fees because her assets had dropped below the level at which she was 100% self-funding. Just to make the money issues even more complicated we're still pursuing a claim for CHC funding from 2015; and Mum may or may not have cancer.
Dad died on X date (recently). Does Mum's liability to pay full social care fees START on the next day after Dad's death as SS claim; OR when probate is granted; OR when we can sell the house (which might well be months - possibly years - from now because it's stuffed to the gunnels with heavy stuff that'll require specialists to shift)?
I can't see anything in Dad's will that says we MUST sell the house but Mum owns 50% of it (through inheritance from Dad we siblings now inherit 50% of it).
Can TP members point to any law or SS procedural guidelines for me to quote to the solicitor? Would be very grateful.
Please can TP members point me to any information / laws which will help me construct questions for a brief period of free advice from a generalist solicitor (who probably has no real knowledge of social care fee issues)?
The question I need answering is WHEN does Mum again become liable for paying full social care fees as Dad - now dead - is obviously not occupying the marital home? Mum had stopped paying full fees because her assets had dropped below the level at which she was 100% self-funding. Just to make the money issues even more complicated we're still pursuing a claim for CHC funding from 2015; and Mum may or may not have cancer.
Dad died on X date (recently). Does Mum's liability to pay full social care fees START on the next day after Dad's death as SS claim; OR when probate is granted; OR when we can sell the house (which might well be months - possibly years - from now because it's stuffed to the gunnels with heavy stuff that'll require specialists to shift)?
I can't see anything in Dad's will that says we MUST sell the house but Mum owns 50% of it (through inheritance from Dad we siblings now inherit 50% of it).
Can TP members point to any law or SS procedural guidelines for me to quote to the solicitor? Would be very grateful.