If a person dies without leaving a will, and without close relatives, then their estate will go to the government, unless heirs can be found. CAPITAL RESEARCH
GENEALOGICAL AGENTS
WHO WE ARE
Capital Research is a firm of genealogical agents who specialise in finding beneficiaries of unclaimed estates. We carry out in-depth research using public records; censuses; birth, marriage and death certificates; and other sources to locate the proper heirs to monies, property and other assets left by relatives who have died without leaving a will. WHAT WE DO
Every year in the United Kingdom, thousands of people die without leaving a will (called dying intestate). In many cases there are no obvious heirs under the rules of intestacy, and if no heirs are found the deceased estate goes to the state. Capital Research tries to trace relatives of the deceased who would be beneficiaries and carries out all the work in submitting a claim to the treasury solicitor on behalf of these beneficiaries. HOW WE ARE PAID
If a person dies without leaving a will and with no known relatives there will be no one authorised to trace possible beneficiaries. It is possible that the estate remains unclaimed forever and persons entitled to an inheritance may never learn of their potential windfall. When Capital Research learns of such an estate we carry out initial research at our own cost to find potential beneficiaries. Once we have found such people, we ask them to sign a commission agreement with us. The agreement sets out the amounts we will be paid to carry out the research, to obtain all relevant documents, including birth, marriage and death certificates, and to present the case on your behalf to the relevant authorities and we are paid
a part of the beneficiary's share of the estate. We never take any payment in advance and we would be paid at the same time as the beneficiary. Be assured that under this system you cannot inherit a debt. There are no hidden charges
and all our fees are shown in the commission agreement. THE PROCESS
When we first contact potential beneficiaries we need to establish that we have contacted the right person and so we need to go through some family history to establish the links back to the deceased person and also to identify other potential beneficiaries. Once we have established this, we ask for our agreement to be signed so that we can act on the beneficiary's behalf. There is a cooling off period after signing the document to retract the agreement if desired. If the heir agrees, then Capital Research will carry on with processes in establishing all heirs and presenting the information to the authorities with a view to releasing the assets of the deceased for distribution. INTESTACY LAW
Under intestacy law, blood relatives can make a claim on an estate in this order of
entitlement:
1 Spouse
2 Children
3 Parents
4 Brothers and sisters
5 Half brothers and sisters and their children
6 Grandparents
7 Uncles and aunts and their children
8 Half uncles and aunts and their children and their children
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