List of 14 unclaimed estates in Portsmouth you could inherit if you have these surnames - how to claim
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If you have one of these surnames you could be in the money as the Treasury has released its list of unclaimed estates in Portsmouth. An unclaimed estate is when someone passes away without having an effective will in place, and no family comes forward to claim their estate.
When this happens, the deceased’s property will become ‘ownerless property’ and will be in possession of the Crown. However, within a 12-year period from when the Crown possesses the estate, family members can come forward if they believe they are entitled to a share of the deceased’s relative’s property.
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Who is entitled to an unclaimed estate?
If someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will the following relatives are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:
1.Husband, wife or civil partner
2. children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on
3. Mother or father
4. Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
5. Half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half ’ means they share only one parent with the deceased
6. Grandparents
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Hide Ad7. Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
8. Half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both
If you are, for example, a first cousin of the deceased, you would only be entitled to share in the estate if there are no relatives above you in the order of entitlement, for example, a niece or nephew.
Burton
Cook
Gedney
Girling
Good
Grindley
Jones
Marsh
Marshall
McConnell
Messer
O’Brien
Peacock
Pickett
Pietkiewicz
Roberts
Rolls
Russell
Scanlon
Scott-Smart
Smythe
Solomons
Verace
Wilson
Wickenson
White
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