Will Beneficiaries - Proof Of Identity

[Arrods]

The solicitor handling mother-in-law's estate has written to one of the beneficiaries (herself having 3 adult children who are also beneficiaries) asking her to get a solicitor to obtain proof of their IDs against the time when legacies are paid out.

Any ideas of how in practice this is achieved? Is it simply a case of getting a solicitor to certify copies of a document/documents (e.g. passport) for each of the beneficiaries?

(NB For those who have followed my previous rants on this subject, about the need to hand all this work to solicitors, this would have been unnecessary if we had handled this ourselves since all the beneficiaries are related to each other and there is nothing to dispute about the will.)

[Peter Pedant]

oh Jesus - that is why presumably one can put in
" and a signed receipt will be adequate proof of the discharge of this bequest.... "

I mean honestly a passport should be enough....

rant away - what a testamentary rip off !

testamentary t+ts ache actually

[Buenchico]

A certified copy of a passport should suffice. (It's good enough for the Land Registry, when proving the right to transfer the title to land, so it should be good enough for probate purposes). There's a standard fee of just £5 for providing such a certified copy.

[Peter Pedant]

ah BC is thweet innit ?

[boxtops]

^ pardon? why do you lisp? what's BC?