Can the partner of a deceased person take his assets if they were not married?

I suggest you to please check with your bank where you hold a joint account with your husband if the operational mandate is Either or Survivor.

If it is so, you can still operate the account and probably transfer the proceeds.

The priority bank manager does not even respond to my emails. He is very unhelpful to me given my situation.

How does his sister get a poa for me to get my money, please?

On my card, it says either-or.

If I do not sort this, what happens to all that money?

It is a lot.

In that case, the operational mandate is Either or Survivor and you should be able to handle the account.

If it is unclaimed for long period by his legal heirs, it will go to the government treasury.

He passed away in August 2020 and nobody seems to be helping me.

How long do you get to claim?

Options:

1. You may please try to speak to your Relationship Manager with the bank

2. Get a notarised NOC from his living heir/s towards you. In that case, your sister can file the case for an Inheritance certificate through court and you can receive the proceeds.

What is a NOC?

The amount will be frozen in the bank account for some time, maybe a year or so, and then transferred to the government treasury.

No-objection certificate.

Who issues one of these, please?

Who issues a NOC, please?

It can be a normal letter (We can draft it for you).

It needs to be notarised and further attested by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UAE Embassy in London.

Do I just ask her to email me a letter and then I can send that also he passed away in August 2020?

The lawyer here sent a copy of the death certificate. Has it been a long time now?

Would the money already be gone to the government?

Also, the bonds, would they be still trading or encashed?

The relationship manager does not answer any of my emails at all, very rude to me.

If I can get an email from his sister as she has the same name as him, will that be ok?

And I could then send that on to you.

Also, how much will all this cost me please for you to help me if it is not too late?

The NOC Letter should be in proper format and it is imperative that it should be notarised from your home country followed by attestations from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UAE Embassy in London.

Emails will not suffice. Moreover, his sister also needs to give us a POA to run the case.

Our professional services fees will be 25,000 AED + VAT (5%).

Can it be an email letter?

And what do I do first or can you assist me step by step?

And what will be your charge for this, please?

How much is that in English pounds please?

Also, how will I know if it is too late now to claim and where does she get the letter notarized and where does it get sent to?

Is it too late already?

I don't think it is late.

I will guide you step by step. No worries.

How much is that in English pounds, please?

It will be approx. GBP 5200.

That seems ok, but how do I find out if it is too late?

The prior bank manager says he will only respond to a lawyer, not me.

What do I need to ask his sister to do?

If I get it, I would give her some anyway.

Another thing, am I allowed to open a bank account in Dubai?

I guess going for any money would be in AED.

And am I allowed to open a bank account as I do not have a UAE ID card... etc?

Are you still there?

Who does his sister address the letter to and what does it need to include, please?

Are you still there?

Yes.

We can draft you the POA and NOC letters so that you can forward to your sister.

Please add my no. on WhatsApp.

I do not have a smartphone.

Will help you with the process step by step.

Going forward where do we start?

I need to email my late partner's sister just to make sure she is ok with it.

I know she will be but she has had Covid so bad. She is now disabled.

What would she need to take to send the letter and go forward?

How do I deal with you?

My email address is [----].

Ok, W.. Let me send a detailed email to you with step-by-step procedures tomorrow. We can take it up from there.

Thanks

Ok great. Thank you very much.