Things are going well realy. Got to see my brother and two sisters who I hadn't seen for a while. Got to sit with my mother as she died and life is a terminal disease so you are doing well to get to 97 and have very good health for abouit 96.5 of those.
Mum had everything sorted completely. The funeral directors had every detail layed out and the service was completely planned. The will is very clear and divides everything evenly.
She gave the few valuables she had to who she wanted to have them while she was alive.
So it is not a problem.
It just amazes me that you can get probate without a death certificate and I am sole executor (which is established with probate), I have had power of atorney for years and am known to the bank, yet they want more hassles and paper work.
I have sorted it and it will be transfered to my Bank a/c at another bank from which I will then carry out mums requests without a problem. If we had paid the lawyers and banks there would be nothing left to worry about.