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claytonender · 23-01-2008, 22:17

[quote=glasgow guy;521109]just a small update...
I am going to go to the funeral - as both my sisters asked me to go - for them - we have also been footed with the bill for it all as 'dearest mummy' had no life insurance or money left over...nothing...so we have to foot the £2500 bill!! she done nothing for me whilst alive and now she has gone I have to pay out of my own pocket to bury her!!! and cos no ones on the dole we get no help at all !
but all her sisters and co (aunts and uncles) are treating me and my sisters like lepers and not contacting us regarding the funeral arrangements - which they made...and left the bill to us - at one point they told us that we were not getting in the funeral car!!
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If your aunts and uncles arranged the funeral, I don't think they can make you foot the bill. It is them who have made the contract with the funeral undertaker, not you and your sisters. (Law might be different in Scotland).

Even if you (and your sisters) are considered liable for the funeral expenses. I wouldn't worry too much about how much you might have to pay for the funeral, as funeral expenses are a debt against the estate of the deceased - which would be paid from some of the money from sale of the house. Don't be presurised into paying any funeral expenses until the house is sold. If you (and your sisters) do get a bill give it to the solicitor to sort out as part of the estate.

You do deserve your fair share of the sale of the house. Hope everything goes ok at the funeral, I am sure your sisters will appreciate you being there for them.

23-01-2008, 22:17	#60
claytonender Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clayton-le-Moors Posts: 892 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 273	Re: so my mum died this afternoon... [quote=glasgow guy;521109]just a small update... I am going to go to the funeral - as both my sisters asked me to go - for them - we have also been footed with the bill for it all as 'dearest mummy' had no life insurance or money left over...nothing...so we have to foot the £2500 bill!! she done nothing for me whilst alive and now she has gone I have to pay out of my own pocket to bury her!!! and cos no ones on the dole we get no help at all ! but all her sisters and co (aunts and uncles) are treating me and my sisters like lepers and not contacting us regarding the funeral arrangements - which they made...and left the bill to us - at one point they told us that we were not getting in the funeral car!! quote] If your aunts and uncles arranged the funeral, I don't think they can make you foot the bill. It is them who have made the contract with the funeral undertaker, not you and your sisters. (Law might be different in Scotland). Even if you (and your sisters) are considered liable for the funeral expenses. I wouldn't worry too much about how much you might have to pay for the funeral, as funeral expenses are a debt against the estate of the deceased - which would be paid from some of the money from sale of the house. Don't be presurised into paying any funeral expenses until the house is sold. If you (and your sisters) do get a bill give it to the solicitor to sort out as part of the estate. You do deserve your fair share of the sale of the house. Hope everything goes ok at the funeral, I am sure your sisters will appreciate you being there for them.