Probate and estate administration 'need to be dealt with'

It is important that Brits take control of probate and estate administration matters, along with other financial issues, as failure to do so can provoke chronic stress, according to an expert.

Dan Roberts, a therapist, said that thinking about debt and money problems day in and day out is a "trickle effect that doesn't really go away".

"It's something we're going to have to live with and in my practice, I'm seeing more and more people that are very stressed out and struggling to cope," he went on to say.

Mr Roberts added that unsustainable debt is a serious issue, as these are problems which might keep expanding over time if they are not met face on.

Probate and administration of a person's estate after their death can be a long, complicated and stressful procedure.

Experts can be called on for simple advice or they can be hired to carry out the whole process on a family's behalf.

Published by Rob Stanworth