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LODGE BROTHERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS GODALMING

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When someone that you are particularly close to passes away, there will be an intense period of overwhelm, sadness and insecurity which a person can become engulfed by. Grieving the loss of a special person is difficult and takes time to process and to eventually accept over-come and adjust your life. Anyone who has experienced a major loss of any kind will recall the feelings that can completely envelop a person, leaving a person’s outlook bleak for an extended period of time.

Funerals involve a mixture of several seemingly immense logistical aspects that involve a fair amount of administration and decision-making. This on top of the mountain of emotions which will no-doubt arise may trigger feelings of stress and anxiety which may hamper the decision-making process.

Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors Clandon dedicate their days to bringing relief to their clients who reach out to them for assistance in both these areas. As a funeral director, it is imperative that the grieving family be treated with compassion and respect while they navigate their way through the long list of items, which need to be ticked off the list when they are saying farewell to their loved one. Any Lodge Brother Funeral Directors Godalming that you encounter will be able to handle your situation with professionalism and with the compassion, which every family is entitled. Each situation is unique and so special attention is required for each situation.

Funerals can seem enormously overwhelming, especially for someone who has not experienced one before and depending on the closeness of the deceased to the individual, can be a daunting event. Some families have an attorney to assist them with the legalities of the funeral and that can be of great assistance to the family however this is not always necessary. A funeral directors East Horsley is vital to consult with as their advice is invaluable and will help with the execution of the funeral. Nothing could be worse than the schedule, or itinerary, going wrong on one of the most important days a person could experience. It is with in mind that the experience and compassion provided by Lodge Brothers becomes most invaluable.

When your family is struggling with an impending passing of a loved one, contact Lodge Brothers and ask them for advice to help you to know what to expect, so that when the time comes, there is a plan in place to help you to negotiate your way through those tough first hours and days. Your funeral director will walk side by side as you move through the stages, from preparation to the last moment when it is time to move on after the day is done. The quality of service that you are guaranteed to expect when you chose Lodge Brothers, is what makes the Lodge Family difference and it is the same reason why families chose to return to us time and again, referring us to their friends and acquaintances.

Lodge Brothers ensure your safety and care during these uncertain times

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All across England people are being required to stay home. Funeral ceremonies may only be allow limited attendance and those who do attend must still follow all Covid health instructions with regards to social distancing, wearing of masks and sanitizing. The funeral industry has been thrown into turmoil at the result of the pandemic and Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors are following government guidance on managing a funeral in England, during this coronavirus pandemic.

This short explanation from Lodge Brothers explains what is expected if you need to arrange a funeral, and will help you to understand how funerals have changed over this period.

Funeral attendance is limited to 30 people or less, this is for funerals both indoors as well as outdoors. Should you hold an event which is not a funeral per say, but is a belief-based or commemorative event, only 15 people may attend, whether it be indoors or outdoors. Lodge Brothers funeral directors recommends that funerals are to be announced as by invitation only, thereby controlling the numbers of attendees to within permissible limits and ensuring that close family and friends gain preferential access to the funeral.

In line with the government guidelines, our funeral events are held in Covid secure venues that have been through thorough health and safety risk assessments, ensuring that all risks regarding the coronavirus are mitigated and limited.

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In the event that your loved one has passed from Covid-related complications, family members who have been in contact with the deceased must remain in isolation for the prescribed amount of time and personal attendance to the funeral will not be permitted. Remote attendance is the alternative to curb the potential spreading of the virus and placing other family members in harm’s way.

Government guidelines state that funerals should not be delayed in order to accommodate family members finishing isolation. This is hardest on loved ones left behind to accept however, Lodge Brothers funeral directors Slough, funeral directors Roehampton and funeral directors Teddington will make all of the relevant arrangements and alleviate you from any additional and undue stress resulting from the difficult circumstances that you are already facing. It is a well-known fact that funerals are a vital part of the grieving process however priority must remain to contain the virus, in order to ensure that no one suffers unnecessarily and becomes ill themselves, placing their own lives in danger as well. Families need their members who are Covid free, to stay that way so that life can carry on as best physically possible under these trying circumstances.

Family members and friends who are not part of the family bubble who wish to travel in order to attend the funeral, should chose to stay in a hotel or guest house where they will not be exposed to other family members who may be isolating or in quarantine.

All mourners must follow Covid rules and remain compliant to those rules throughout the event. Funerals can be held in a shorter period, or in rotation, so that respects can still be paid to the deceased yet in a safe environment.

Lodge Brothers Legal Services will assist you with all probate enquiries

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The passing of a loved one can change your world in an instant. In one moment, everything is as it should be, and then within a heartbeat, it can all come crashing down. Sometimes we are prepared for the passing of our loved one in that we know it is coming but it does not take away the impact of that final moment when it actually happens. No matter how mentally prepared you may be, especially when a person has an illness for an extended period, there is always that sense of hope that things will be ok. When that call comes and hope dissolves, you need a support structure in place to help you navigate the unknown road ahead.

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Grieving loved ones, are advised to include, in their support system, a probate legal expert.

When it comes to the legalities associated with the end of life, Lodge Brothers Legal Services probate Sunbury, probate Ashford and probate Shepperton knows what is required for the executor of an estate and who is responsible for the probate process that authenticates a last will and testament of the deceased person.

Should the deceased have a will in place, Lodge Brothers Legal Services have the training and expertise required to facilitate the court-administered legal process of probate West Byfleet. Even more importantly, when an individual does not have a last will and testament, the process can become significantly more difficult. While families deal with the immense emotional grief which they must face when their loved one passes, Lodge Brothers Legal Services solicitors take care of the legal logistics.

There are 4 steps to the probate process. Firstly, the will, should there be one, has to be proven for authenticity. This is required to make sure that the Will is the most valid and latest version. In order for this to happen, a case is filed at the court. Once the court has validated the Will, the court will be in contact with the relevant beneficiaries and creditors. Before the beneficiaries can inherit assess indicated in the Will, creditors will need to be paid. Thus clearing all debts and outstanding taxes, so that the court can process the remaining assets as stipulated by the Will. At this stage there may be objections raised because of either complicated family dynamics or resulting from the process whereby all debts were settled. Should the debts out-weigh the assets, beneficiaries may not be advised, this may cause financial, and emotions stress for the family. Should the estate be unaffected by the debtors payments, an inventory of the properties and other assets such as jewellery, furniture and other possessions. The assessment covers everything from bank accounts affected by joint-tenancy with rights of survivorship, to distinguishing between probate or non-probate assets and properties.

At the end of the probate process, the assets are distributed according to the instructions found within the Will. The process of executing probate Walton and closing an estate can be a long and difficult one and your Lodge Brothers Legal Services attorney will be available for consultation until all details are legally finalised.

Compassionate and caring funeral assistance

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When there is a death in the family there is not possible amount of preparation a person can do which will lessen the affects that it has on the remaining members of the family, especially and most severely when the loss is unexpected and not anticipated. Studies have shown that depending on the nature of the death, the ripple effects will be felt in different ways for different people, at different psychological levels for varying periods of time. Tragic lose can occur when least expected in the form of accidental deaths, suicide, late stage miscarriage and stillbirth and still more unthinkable scenarios involving children, young adults and generally physically healthy individuals which can leave any person wondering “why them” and “why now”. Most of us hope that when our time comes, we will be privileged enough to go peacefully in our sleep, but the reality is that this is not often simply not the case.

As the world faces unprecedented loss of life as the result of the COVID-19 Corona Virus, it brings it home that life can be fine one day and then then not the next. In the UK we are facing never before seen unexpected loss in to the thousands as a result of this pandemic, and now is when we begin to understand just how fragile life truly is, especially for people with underlying health conditions.

By the time a person is infected with the virus it can still take 2 – 14 days for symptoms to manifest during which time a person may pass it on to countless and untold numbers of other people. As a community the time has come to take all precautions and stick together while staying positive and sanitized. But when all else fails and someone in your family succumbs, there is support waiting just down the road from every hospital. Lodge Brothers are located as close as physically possible to the register office Guildford linked to the local hospital. The locality of Lodge Brothers to the epicenter of the even of passing is strategically done so as to ensure that there is as little stress placed on the family as logistically possible when everything else becomes suddenly so complicated, especially when death is unexpected. The death of an individual must be registered within 5 days which means that the family must prioritise this important aspect as soon as possible. Most of the time, funeral arrangements will begin at the same time and within the same timeframe.

By the time you approach your local Lodge Brothers, who have branches across the depth and breath of the United Kingdom and who are at all times equipped to deal with any scenario while still ensuring that they keep the personal and professional touch which has left them with the reputation which they still sustain today after more than a decade of funeral planning. Granted the like of a situation such as this has never been experienced before and of course there large numbers of people affected. Yet despite all of this, the staff of Lodge Brothers are trained and ready to be there for your family no matter what.

Patient affairs assistance

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When you are facing a time of bereavement after the recent passing of someone near and dear to you, it seems impossible to have to make decisions of a logistical nature regarding how to manage the event. Once you have taken the time you need to grieve the recent passing and have had time to attend to any religious rites or ethnic and cultural customs, or organ donation, it will be time to begin arrangements for the ceremony.

The first thing that will have to be attended to is the moving of your loved one’s body, from the hospital to a mortuary which is why Lodge Brothers funeral homes are placed as near to hospitals as possible so that you can catch a cab, bus or even walk through to your local branch. By this stage of the process, you will be emotionally bereaved and exhausted so you can now hand over to our trained and caring professionals who will attend to the many details and begin the documentation which must be attended to while you sit and re-group with a much needed cup of tea or coffee.

The death certificate which needs to be issued from a licensed medical practitioner after death has been pronounced can be obtained by the funeral director who will then help you to plan the wake or funeral and other funeral-related details.

Our Lodge Brothers branches are extended densely across the UK and the offices, many of which are contactable on a 24/7 basis can also be reached by numerous instant and simple booking methods, making Lodge Brothers the most accessible funeral director in the UK.

A lot of the time, a person may already be in hospital due to accident, illness or old age and so having Lodge Brother funeral homes are so conveniently located near to hospitals around the country, is of great benefit. Lodge Brothers are ready and waiting near to your location, in order to make it easier to find someone to be of assistance, even if you are not in your local area when you need someone to assist you with patient affairs Ascot, day or night. Use the branch locator on our website to find your closest branch which is guaranteed to be no further than 10 minutes away from any hospital in the country.

Should your selected Lodge Brother branch not have a Patient Affairs Ashford branch on-site, any travel expenses that you incur when traveling from one of our branches to one of our Patient Affairs Chelsea branches across London and South East, will be refunded to you.

Lodge Brother Patient Affairs Chertsey are highly trained specialists and any one of the dedicated team can be reached by phone or email, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using 020 7286 8718 or by visiting one of the branches. If you would like a tour of any of the funeral homes, this can be arranged. Alternatively, if you are interested in knowing a little more about the services which Lodge Brothers offers we can send a ‘Guide to Arranging A Funeral’ to your home, or you can view and download a PDF.

Contact Patient Affairs Ealing today for all funeral care around Easling and other Lodge Brothers branches

Probate services

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Lodge Brothers funeral services is always here to help. We know how unpredictable life can be on a daily basis and that things happen when you least expect it. This is why we make ourselves available at any time on any day, by phone or email. With 533,253 deaths in Wales and the UK in 2017. The office of National statistics shows that the provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 31 August 2018 was 7,865. Yourmoney.com reports that “Around 60% of UK adults still haven’t made a will, according to new research from Unbiased.co.uk, leaving around 31 million people at risk of dying intestate. If you die without a will your estate will be distributed solely according to intestacy law, which may not reflect your wishes.”

Karen Barrett, CEO and founder of Unbiased, said “It’s clear that many people think they’re just not ‘rich enough’ to need a will. This ignores the fact that a will makes inheritance a far quicker process – do they really want to keep their loved ones waiting longer, when that money might be badly needed? It also doesn’t take into account the complexity of modern families, which intestacy law simply doesn’t address. Children from previous marriages could end up receiving nothing at all.”

At Lodge Brothers, we agree that this is the essential issue surrounding those who pass away without a will and encourage customers who we meet on a daily basis, not to find themselves in the same position as their loved ones who have gone before them. The financial consequences when a loved one dies affects the whole family and especially when there is a young family involved, this can have lasting and irreversible long-lasting effects on the family unit and extended family members. While you may not feel that you are rich enough to have a will, consider what the effects would be on your family should they have to love just one month or one week if you are a weekly paid individual.

At Lodge Brothers we have options to suit every pocket and take pride in extending a helping hand to our hundreds of clients in our local areas. You can find our offices in your local areas simply by visiting our website and searching by location. You will find that we have offices in all locations and we offer additional probate services. For example, should you be looking for probate in Chertsey, Ham or Guildford, simply search probate Chertsey, probate Ham or probate Guildford to find your local branch and contact telephone number or email address. Otherwise you can go to our branch locator search feature, capture your nearest branch, town name of post code, for ease of access to information concerning all services we offer.  If you’d like to know a little more about our services, we can send our ‘Guide to Arranging A Funeral’ to your home, or you can view and download a PDF. Click here to obtain.

Appoint Lodge Brothers Legal Services as the Executors of your Will

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Preparing a will for when you pass away is one of the most important things that you can do with your life, or so we have all heard… but is it really true that not having a will is going to cause problems for those you leave behind? Or is this just another fear-based threat designed to get us to jump into action and act by paying someone else to do our will for us, when in fact we could either do it ourselves or leave it all together? After all, there are rules in place which must be followed when we die, to ensure that the possessions we gather in life, are distributed amongst the family we leave behind. Why is the threat of not having a will shrouded in so many layers of alarming outcomes for those who are affected?

The fact is that there absolutely are rules which govern the passing of assets on to family once a person has deceased. These rules are fairly straight forward and not at all difficult to apply because as with everything based in the law, there is little to no room for personal interpretation nor much capacity for a person to manipulate the rules. And it does not necessarily require an attorney’s degree to construct a simple will which is easy to understand and follow in order to ensure that the assets are distributed as they were intended to be among the family members.

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However what if a person has a complicated or unknown scenario which only comes to light once the person has passed and they have not prepared a will? Or have prepared a Will which for some reason or another, such as it not being correctly witnessed, is invalid in the eyes of the law? The estate immediately considered as being intestate. Once a person’s possessions are intestate, the rules of intestacy apply. If that is the case then only married or civil partners, children and close relatives stand to benefit from the inheritance. The primary beneficiary is considered to be the husband, wife or civil partner (note: a civil partner differs from a “common law” partner).

Intestacy laws are there for substantially limiting and possibilities in life are infinite meaning that there are more scenarios under which a person may pass away, which cannot be covered by the rules governing wills. What is a parent has passed without a valid will and has 2 children, one estranged for decades and one who cared for that parent right throughout their life, up until they reached their death-bed, leaving that child cash-strapped due to the high costs of care and medicines, for the parent. By intestate law, both siblings would stand to inherit the estate equally and this is something, while difficult, that the parent would not necessarily want.

Wills can be drawn up quickly and inexpensively at any of our Wills Chertsey, Wills Guildford and Wills Ham offices of Lodge Brothers. Inquire today regarding your unique requirements for your will to ensure that your family members benefit properly from the distribution of your possessions and assets on your passing.

Lodge Brothers – Probate, Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney

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Every person should have a will, only 30% of people in the UK have made a will, a will is where you state how you would like to distribute your property, name an executor, name guardians for children, distribute money and jewellery etc. Having a will also means that you, rather than the state, decide who gets your property when you die. Wills Walton on Thames are typewritten legal documents that are signed and witnessed.

Don’t leave it until it’s too late to get a will drawn up by a probate attorney such as Lodge Brothers legal services.

A legally valid Will, carefully prepared by a qualified expert Solicitor, will ensure that:

  • you provide for your loved ones in the way you wish;
  • you choose the Executors who will administer your estate;
  • you choose the Guardians for your minor children; and
  • you can take steps to reduce the Inheritance Tax payable.

You can also choose to appoint Lodge Brothers Legal Services as the Executors of your Will. We will ensure that your estate is dealt with promptly and efficiently so that your loved ones do not have the responsibility but do receive their inheritance as quickly as possible.

Fixed fee for a single Will starting from £325 +VAT (£390 inc. VAT).

Fixed fee for mirror Wills starting from £500 +VAT (£600 inc. VAT).

All our fees are fixed and agreed in advance.

Contact us for more information, a free no obligation quote or initial advice for Wills Weybridge.

Lodge Brothers Legal Services provide a free no obligation quote or initial advice

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Lodge Brothers Legal Services provide a free no obligation quote or initial advice.  With over 200 years experience their legal services are sought after. They offer many services one being Probate attorney and Will Writers. Below they explain why its so important to have a will and how they can assit.

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When a family member or loved one dies, dealing with estate administration is often the last thing on a person’s mind. We offer an efficient, professional and above all personal service to make your life easier at such a distressing time.

When a person dies leaving a valid Will, the appointed Executors need to apply for a Grant of Probate to administer the Deceased’s estate. If there is no Will, the laws of intestacy apply and the law sets out which family member is entitled to apply for a Grant of Letters of Administration and administer the estate.

The process of administering an estate is commonly known as probate and involves:

  • ascertaining the value of the Deceased’s assets and liabilities;
  • dealing with the Inland Revenue Inheritance Tax return;
  • preparing the probate papers;
  • applying to the Probate Registry for the Grant of Probate or Grant of Letters of Administration; and
  • collecting in the assets of the estate and settling the liabilities once the Grant is received.

Probate will be required to sell or transfer a house, sell or transfer shares and in most cases to close bank accounts. The assistance required by the Executors will depend on the finances of the Deceased, the terms of the Will, the family circumstances and how much work the Executors are willing or able to do.

OUR PROBATE SERVICES

Lodge Brothers Legal Services offer 3 levels of service to suit your requirements.

Fixed Fee from £250 (£300 inc. VAT):

  • Executors prepare all probate forms;
  • Executors make a personal application to the probate registry;
  • We will check the forms are completed correctly; and
  • Responsibility for the application remains with Executors.

Fixed Fee from £750 (£900 inc. VAT) plus disbursements:

  • Executors responsible for registering death with all asset holders;
  • Executors establish the assets and liabilities at date of death; and
  • We will complete the probate papers, Inheritance tax forms and apply for the Grant of Probate.

Fixed Fee from £1,500 (£1,800 inc. VAT ) plus disbursements: This is our most complete service which will relieve you of the heavy burden of dealing with the estate when your thoughts are elsewhere.

  • It ensures that probate is obtained quickly and efficiently.
  • We will register the death certificate with the asset holders;
  • We will ascertain the date of death assets and liabilities of the estate; and
  • We will complete all the probate papers, Inheritance Tax forms and apply for the Grant of Probate.

Lodge Brothers have been active in the community

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nother fundraising initiative Lodge Brothers support each year, E.Wootten Raise Funds for Macmillan.

E.Wootten & Son in Chippenham took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 19th September, raising funds for Macmillan Nurses. There were all sorts of homemade cakes on sale throughout the morning, and we were offering tea and coffee to anyone who wished to partake.

We held the sale between 10am and 1pm and raised £80.00 for the charity, we had some people in who had never been into a funeral directors before, so this helped give them an insight into what we were about.

The picture shows Jenny Plummer, our branch funeral arranger, getting ready for the sale.

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Lodge Brothers have many branches throughout the UK such as Funeral Directors Ashford, Funeral Directors Feltham offering many services and products such as funeral arranging, floral tributes, memorials, pre paid funeral plans and more… Funeral Directors Woking,Funeral Directors Windsor and Funeral Directors Molesey have empathetic staff all waiting to assist in your time of need. Highly trained staff will ensure you make the right decisions about your future.