A neighbour married my dad secretely on his deathbed and now demands a part of the inheritance!

FormerMember over 5 years ago

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Hi,

My father recently passed away from GMB in his home. Afterwards we got a call from a neighbor who said that she had married my father secretely, when neither we or the doctors were present, two days before my father passed away. She had probably gotten into the house through an unlocked backdoor. She now claims to get part of our family inheritance(most value lies in my fathers real estates) as his "wife". The witnesses and registrator are friends and family members of hers, they claim my father was, according to them, not suffering at all from neurogical and cognitive damages when the quick marriage cermony was carried out. They did not notice that he was dying or had a GBM in late stage as well as having been sedated with drugs to relieve symptoms of death...

Me and my grandparents(my fathers mom and dad) claim this to be arranged fraud and a predatory marriage. This woman has been married to 12 different men until now...

Could you please guide me on how to invalidate the marriage contract?

At the time my father was supposed to have "married" her he was sedated heavily with palliative medications who was injected constantly from a pump on his stomach. Doctors estimate that due to damages from the braintumor in its final stage along with the sedatives he would, if he was concious, have had a contincious equal to that of an 1-2 year old baby with severe birthdamages...

He was never awake afterwards and because of this he could not warn us what had happened to him...

Many thanks

FormerMember over 5 years ago

*After the marriage was done he died two days later.

FormerMember over 5 years ago

Do you have proof that they are "legally" married? Have you seen a marriage license, has one been issued, notarized and filed with the local courthouse? (Note I live in US and am not familiar with English marriage laws.)

If you find that they are legally married and did the proper steps, I would then consult with a lawyer. If there is no evidence, I would just ignore the neighbor.

Talk about pouring when it rains.

FormerMember over 5 years ago

Where do you live? This is key to advising on this.

FormerMember over 5 years ago

Sorry to hear about your dad and the circumstances that has brought you to us.

I am assuming that your dad lives in the UK whilst you are in the USA!

If this is correct you should seek legal advice as soon as possible.

A marriage can be annulled or made void for a number of reasons, such as:

it was not consummated - that sexual intercourse had not taken place married since the "wedding."
The evidence of the medical professionals treating your late father..
You dad did not properly consent to the marriage because of his medical condition see above.

In England and Wales, 28 days notice must be given to the Register Office before the marriage can take place.

The marriage must be entered in the marriage register and signed by both parties, two witnesses, the person who conducted the ceremony and, if that person is not authorised to register marriages, the person who is registering the marriage

A marriage can take place at the home of one of the partners if the partner is housebound seriously ill and not expected to recover

You could try phoning our telephone support team for advice. If you're calling from outside of the UK you can contact them on +44 207 091 2230.

.UK hours 8 am to 8 pm 7 days a week but as you maybe transferred to a specialist team Monday to Friday would be your best times.

To find a solicitor in England and Wales telephone

+44 020 7242 1222

You need to go to court to get a freeze put on your father's estate.

Hope this helps.

Ian

FormerMember over 5 years ago in reply to FormerMember

Did your father leave an up to date will detailing his beneficiaries?

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