FarmerStu79
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Posting on behalf of my partner.
His mum recently died an her will has been read since. My partner is the farmer, he and his mum have been in partnership since 2015 but he's been the farm worker for the past 22 years, low wage etc etc. He has also put large amounts of his own money into buying land that has now been quartered.
The will is 10 years old. She has left my partner the business, the stock, the machinery, fixtures and fittings as well as a quarter of the land that she owned. She has left the other three quarters to his sister, his brother and his nephew.
He gets on very well with his sister but unfortunately his brother and nephew are very much in cahoots with each other and dislike my partner. Neither of them are farmers the brother has his own very successful business in which the nephew is a partner. The brother was also left a lot of land when his father died (he does before my partner was born).
There are 4 houses on the farm 3 of which are occupied by my partner, the sister and the brother, the fourth house was my partners mums. She has left them a quarter of the houses each and the farm buildings and sheds. The will is very vague, it's almost like a draft that she was meaning to go back to but never did. She doesn't specify who has what in the will so it's assumed that they all own a quarter of each house and a quarter of every acre of land.
My partner is understandably worried about where this leaves him. For now everything is going on as it was before she died but his nephew is doing a bit of winding up. He's saying that he's going to buy some sheep and farm his quarter and that things will never be the same again in regards to my partner continuing farming.
My partner thinks he's in a pretty good position to be able to continue farming because she's left him the stock and the business but then again surely the others would really be well within their rights to farm their quarter if they wanted too? But than again no ones quarters are specified.
His brother and his sister are executors of the will.
I've been trying to get him persuaded into getting some proper legal advice but he's reluctant to do so.
I'm not sure if anyone can help and I'm sorry for the length. Would really appreciate some advice.
His mum recently died an her will has been read since. My partner is the farmer, he and his mum have been in partnership since 2015 but he's been the farm worker for the past 22 years, low wage etc etc. He has also put large amounts of his own money into buying land that has now been quartered.
The will is 10 years old. She has left my partner the business, the stock, the machinery, fixtures and fittings as well as a quarter of the land that she owned. She has left the other three quarters to his sister, his brother and his nephew.
He gets on very well with his sister but unfortunately his brother and nephew are very much in cahoots with each other and dislike my partner. Neither of them are farmers the brother has his own very successful business in which the nephew is a partner. The brother was also left a lot of land when his father died (he does before my partner was born).
There are 4 houses on the farm 3 of which are occupied by my partner, the sister and the brother, the fourth house was my partners mums. She has left them a quarter of the houses each and the farm buildings and sheds. The will is very vague, it's almost like a draft that she was meaning to go back to but never did. She doesn't specify who has what in the will so it's assumed that they all own a quarter of each house and a quarter of every acre of land.
My partner is understandably worried about where this leaves him. For now everything is going on as it was before she died but his nephew is doing a bit of winding up. He's saying that he's going to buy some sheep and farm his quarter and that things will never be the same again in regards to my partner continuing farming.
My partner thinks he's in a pretty good position to be able to continue farming because she's left him the stock and the business but then again surely the others would really be well within their rights to farm their quarter if they wanted too? But than again no ones quarters are specified.
His brother and his sister are executors of the will.
I've been trying to get him persuaded into getting some proper legal advice but he's reluctant to do so.
I'm not sure if anyone can help and I'm sorry for the length. Would really appreciate some advice.