ARTICLE · 25 MAY 2023

Intermeddling

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When someone dies, their assets and liabilities (collectively their estate) must be dealt with by their Personal Representatives (either Executors or Administrators).

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When someone dies, their assets and liabilities (collectively their estate) must be dealt with by their Personal Representatives (either Executors or Administrators).

If the deceased left a Will, this will usually specify who the Executors should be.

Where there are no Executors, for whatever reason, the order of entitlement to apply to be the Administrator of the estate is set out in law.

What is Intermeddling?

Intermeddling is performing actions that would normally be carried out by the deceased's Personal Representative (and essentially holding yourself out to be a Personal Representative), which include:

Selling the deceased's assets.
Disposing of the deceased's personal possessions.

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