<<Some time in his life, he'd obviously just got confused, but all important
documents were in his correct name.>> My brother's father-in-law died a couple of years ago and he had been rather 'difficult' over the previous few years. On looking over some of the mounds of paperwork they found in the house it transpired that at some point he had changed his name by adding a middle name not on his birth certificate and had opened several bank/building accounts in this name as well as in his original name. When my brother went to register the death he asked what they should do and was told they'd put it down as 'name surname also known as name middle name surname'. He went straight onto the solictor's and they were very relieved as if the certificate had only been in one name they would not have been able to close the accounts in the other name and they would have had to wait 7 years for him to be 'presumed dead' and deal with the will. He left quite a few little shocks in store for them - they found he had changed his will and the new one wasn't discovered until my SIL had nearly finished dealing with the first one. In all it took her a couple of years of paperwork to sort it all out - he had hidden statements and all sorts in bags that appeared to contain rubbish so they had to check absolutely everything in the house. Lynne Cumming Baldock, North Herts, UK email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
