Asking for a friend. In brief, non-specific terms:
Estate has been sorted, final cheques have been sent out to six children with equal splits.
However, one of these children is on income support as full-time carer for two children. She is worried that her benefits will be stopped - the cheque is for £20k (much more than expected), but the citizens advice bureau have advised you are only allowed £6k in savings and benefits are automatically stopped over £16k. Even inheritance tax isn't that drastic.
The question is - can her cheque be cancelled and split directly amongst her children? I gather a "deed of variation" would cost around £600.
Is there a way for the money to go where the writer of the will intended, without benefit fraud, without the executor committing fraud, and without costing a fortune?
Thanks in advance.
Estate has been sorted, final cheques have been sent out to six children with equal splits.
However, one of these children is on income support as full-time carer for two children. She is worried that her benefits will be stopped - the cheque is for £20k (much more than expected), but the citizens advice bureau have advised you are only allowed £6k in savings and benefits are automatically stopped over £16k. Even inheritance tax isn't that drastic.
The question is - can her cheque be cancelled and split directly amongst her children? I gather a "deed of variation" would cost around £600.
Is there a way for the money to go where the writer of the will intended, without benefit fraud, without the executor committing fraud, and without costing a fortune?
Thanks in advance.