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Title Research is proud to announce the launch of two brand new services; FamilyChecker™ and UK Share Sales. FamilyChecker™ is our new family tree verification service which eliminates the risk of misdistribution and protects against future claims on the estate. UK Share Sales is our new fast track service which allows solicitors to instruct Title Research to sell UK shareholdings within 48 hours and be in receipt of funds within 7 working days.
Read on to find out more about how our new services can help you overcome complex estate administration challenges.
Family tree verification with FamilyChecker™
At Title Research, we believe that it is vital to get family trees professionally verified before distribution. We have seen so many clients come close to misdistribution because of a missing certificate or a previously unknown relationship which changes the make up of the family entirely.
If you’re presented with a family tree, it’s important to question every possible eventuality and answer the following questions:
• Are you certain that the child was legally adopted in?
• Did the cousin who predeceased have children with his first wife?
• Was the deceased’s mother definitely an only child?
• Has anyone in the family tree remarried?
Our new family tree verification service, FamilyChecker™ provides complete peace of mind before distribution. Our genealogy team will check the believed complete family tree for accuracy by:
• Documenting any events of birth, marriage, death or adoption
• Carrying out confirmatory searches of the birth and marriage indices
• Interviewing all potential heirs to make sure that all information is correct
On completion of the work, we will provide you with an insurance policy (in partnership with Zurich), certificates proving entitlement (if not already provided), a distribution schedule specifying fractional entitlement and a diagrammatic family tree.
Fast track UK Share Sales
Our new fast track UK Share Sale service allows you to dispose of certificated UK shareholdings quickly and efficiently, accelerating the estate administration process for you and your client.
At Title Research, we frequently encounter UK (and overseas) shareholdings that are slowing down the estate administration process. Our new service is designed to help solicitors liquidate assets as quickly as possible, in order to maximise the estate for the beneficiaries and speed up the payment of funeral costs and other estate administration expenses.
The process is simply broken down into the following three stages:
1. Instruct us to sell a certificated UK shareholding
2. We’ll sell the shares and provide a contract note within 48 hours
3. The proceeds will be remitted into your client account within 7 working days
This service is available for a fixed fee of £160, plus VAT and dealing rates and charges also apply.
If you’re interested in finding out more about our new services, call our Client Services Team on 0345 87 27 600.
Topics: Repatriating assets, Title Research, Specialist Support, Fixed fee
