Heartless executors

I am utterly disgusted and n disappointed by the servuce provided to my mother and I by Standard Bank attorneys. December of 2017 my father passed a way my mother and him had createda joint will through standard bank and appointed standard bank as the executors of the will in the event that either of them should pass. This was the biggest mistake we had ever made.

The attorney appointed to my fathers estate was and still is Nureen Jonathan.

Many issues ensued after my dads passing on was tha fact that we now had many debts that we had to pay on his behalf one being a car monthly payment as well as a other credit cards from several other banks.

We were instructed by Nureen to continue to pay the car even though the car had insurance taken out on it that stated that should my dad pass away before the full payment of the car , Nedbank will pay the remainder of the amount due on the car.

On the instructions of Nureen we continued to pay around R6500 p/m for 6months for the car. Even though we were aware of the insurance taken out on it she informed us that if we failed to pay Nedbank would repossess the car and we would still have to pay the monthly installments for a car we didn’t have.

I found this odd. There was an insurance contract and she refused to fight for us in terms of the contract but rather we were to pay exorbitant amounts that we couldn’t afford when we had a lawyer to protect our interests. This was one of many red flags

Secondly, because we were dealing with an estate our properties had to be evaluated for the purposes of calculhow much it would cost to pay the excutor of the estate when winding up the estate. Strangely enough high and unsubstantiated amounts for our property rates were created. Normally municipal values are used but they chose not to use them. Obviously if they inflated the prices of our properties their cut would be larger. This was yet another red flag for us. When my mother complained they finally brought out assesors to values of the property. This is what should have been done in the first place.

The third incident and most bewildering is the fact occured when my father’s extramarital children laid a claim against the estate. The eatate had no money therefore thry could not claim. So instead Nureen informed the children to sue my mother for child support for 28 year old? Wow! We found this extremely unprofessional because I understood her to be our attorney and not theirs so why she would be advising other people to sue us in a position where she would not be able to represent us or defend us is unfathomable.

Futhermore Nureen has constantly advised us to sell property to only pay for standard bank debt alone .Which clearly showed that she only cared about standard bank and not our financial well being or the wellbeing of the estate.

We have asked her to step down before and she refused. We suspect it is because standard bank is aware of the large amount of money they will be recovering for winding up the estate.

Standard bank and Nureen Jonathan as a representative of standard Bank is highly unprofessional. She never responds to our emails when we request for documentation regarding the estate and when she does reapond she takes her time in doing so . She and standard bank has incorrectly advised us to our detriment. Secondly, she is not hepful and does not act in our best interests or that of the estate in fact. She only seks to futher the interests of Standard Bank .

We have already gone through so much suffering regarding my fathers passing it’s almost a year since he has passed now and still she had barely done anything to help us. We are so frustrated and want absolutely nothing to do with Standard Bank services or her.

Their genuine lack or concern or sympathy is tremendously paining and inhuman.

We are really seeking to remove them as our executors.Never ,ever , ever appointment Standard Bank as your executor! Never! Save yourself the pain