Fraud?

Hi
Hoping that this is the right section to post this.
My Ex inherited a sizeable sum during our marriage but unfortunately didnt declare this in the form E.
having evidence of receipt of such , I have challenged for proof of receipt, date of receipt and bank money was deposited into.
In the meantime the ex partner admitted receipt but with the help of the solicitor, has accounted for all expenditure of the the money.
Having challenged further, the solicitor has now decided that the money was never spent but is in Trust! What do i do?

You should get a copy of the will (assuming it went through probate it is a public document).

If the money didn't go into trust as a condition of the will then you can argue that it has only done so in an attempt to defeat your claim.

If it went directly into trust then you can still argue it is an asset and if the trustee's won't release any of the assets from the trust you can argue that you should get a greater share of or all of the assets outside of the trust to equal it out.

Hi

Thank you so much for the time you took in responding to my entry.

Situation is that I am left looking after my 13 year old daughter and cannot afford a solicitor.

My ex has spent over £9000 so far on the divorce and although wealthy in the future from inheritances due; is attempting to put me in the gutter.

I know for a fact that she received an inheritance and that her mother was executor.

I know that the mother applied for a bank account which my ex activated by pretending to be her mother. Her mother then deposited my ex's inheritance into this bank and allowed my ex to access the account of her own free will.

My ex was was under a debt management team whom she should have advised once having been in receipt of her inheritance. She was also claiming state benefits at the same time.

I am of the impression that between her and her mother, the idea was to conceal the inheritance.

ADDITIONALLY.....

Having filled in her Form E, she appears to have colluded with her solicitor and recorded an itinerary of expenses over a two year period amounting to the total inheritance receivedand spent.

She has now changed her mind after I challenged her as to what bank account she received her inheritance, the date, and why she didnt have this money deosited into her own name.

She now says that the inheiritance was never received and is in trust with her mother being the executor.

So it looks very much like a pack of lies designed to conceal receipt of the money in the first place which would implicated her in a fraud case regarding state benefits and also that her mother aded and abetted her by setting up a bank account but not in my ex's name.

Where do i go with this?


I need somebody really interested in taking some very fraudulent people to the cleaners. I have continued to bash my head against a brick wall for 18 months by trying to get help and justice....especially for my 13 year old daughter.

Re:Fraud? 0 Minutes ago
Hi

Thank you so much for the time you took in responding to my entry.

Situation is that I am left looking after my 13 year old daughter and cannot afford a solicitor.

My ex has spent over £9000 so far on the divorce and although wealthy in the future from inheritances due; is attempting to put me in the gutter.

I know for a fact that she received an inheritance and that her mother was executor.

I know that the mother applied for a bank account which my ex activated by pretending to be her mother. Her mother then deposited my ex's inheritance into this bank and allowed my ex to access the account of her own free will.

My ex was was under a debt management team whom she should have advised once having been in receipt of her inheritance. She was also claiming state benefits at the same time.

I am of the impression that between her and her mother, the idea was to conceal the inheritance.

ADDITIONALLY.....

Having filled in her Form E, she appears to have colluded with her solicitor and recorded an itinerary of expenses over a two year period amounting to the total inheritance receivedand spent.

She has now changed her mind after I challenged her as to what bank account she received her inheritance, the date, and why she didnt have this money deosited into her own name.

She now says that the inheiritance was never received and is in trust with her mother being the executor.

So it looks very much like a pack of lies designed to conceal receipt of the money in the first place which would implicated her in a fraud case regarding state benefits and also that her mother aded and abetted her by setting up a bank account but not in my ex's name.

Where do i go with this?


I need somebody really interested in taking some very fraudulent people to the cleaners. I have continued to bash my head against a brick wall for 18 months by trying to get help and justice....especially for my 13 year old daughter.

There is no person more interested in your case than you. If you cannot afford representation, then, like many of us here you will need to represent yourself. If you have some money spare to get ad-hoc advice then that's great, and much cheaper than using a solicitor for the entire process. I am one of those who cannot afford even that so have been learning as much as possible about the law myself, aided by this site and the local university legal library.

On the face of it, from what you say it does sound like there has been fraudulent behaviour. As I said in an earlier post though, the most critical thing is to get a copy of the will to see what it actually says.

www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/sea...-for-probate-records

If the money was left to her mother, and hence in an account in her mother's name then it legally belongs to her mother. If the will was varied after death then this is faudulent behaviour if it denies a person in receipt of means tested benefits the inheritance they would otherwise receive, and I believe it would also be seen as depriving herself of assets in a divorce court too.

If a will was changed prior to death, and there is no suggestion that there was pressure on the departed to make the change, then your ex never had an inheritance.

So, before anyone can speculate or advise further, you need to get a copy of that will.

Hi

Thank you so much for that bit of advice.

I will indeed try to get a copy.

I'm wondering whether I should approach her solicitor for this or leave them out of it for the time being.