Property left in wills

[paul828924]

Hello all my father died 4 years ago and i was named as a beneficiary in the will regarding his house, he remarried a number of years earlier and the property passed to her but my brothers and i was named in the will as a beneficiary of it.The house was sold last year by her, my question is
1 can she do this as he left it to me and my brothers as beneficiaries the same as my stepmother
2 am i still entiltled to anything as she has remarried a turkish man

[SwedishEdith]

Did he marry before or after the will was written?

[nocake]

There are a number of things that may affect the inheritance of the house so until mumblechum arrives with a professional opinion...

A will made before he married will be invalid.
If she owned the house jointly with him (as joint tenants) ownership would automatically go to her when he died.

[paul828924]

hello yes they was married before the will

[mumblechum1]

If he had intended that you and your brother would eventually inherit the house, he would have made a life interest, which means that his share of the house (or all of it if he was the sole owner) would be held by the executors as trustees, and when his wife died or remarried, then the house would be sold and you'd receive the proceeds.

Unfortunately, it sounds as though he did not in fact make a life interest, or you would have been contacted by the execs/trustees.

I may be wrong, though, and for whatever reason you weren't notified; the only way of knowing for sure is to see the will, which is a matter of public record.