[mtelliott]

My wife's uncle passed (he was Scottish) and my wife and her sister are named in his will. She's been contacted by the law firm (is that what they call them in England?) and all paperwork has been filled out.

Question I have is, how long does it usually take? Is there anything we need to consider from a tax purpose?

Wife doesn't know the amount but doubt it's much. This happened about 3 months ago. We plan to go over to England with any money we receive to pay our respects. He had no children and very few friends but we wanted to go just as a way of saying goodbye.

Anyone know the laws of England and how it all works. Wife feels it's disrespectful in a way to call the firm and ask what's going on. I'm just wondering if there will be any tax implications that I need to be aware of.

Michael