Contesting a Will executed in June 2014 - not informed of the death until June 2018.

My ex-husband made his first Will naming his son as beneficiary, and I knew that to be fact up to about 2012. Shortly before his death he changed it and named his sister as sole beneficiary and a total of £345,000 went into her bank account. When his sister was approached almost 5 years later to explain about not informing my son of his father's death, the cause and circumstances leading up to it, and why he hadn't been granted monies from the will after understanding for years he was to benefit, was told that father and son were estranged. Also we have it on record that when a friend of my ex approached the sister about telling my son she was adamant she would be doing no such thing. Other reasons were, no-one knew where he was and they couldn't make any contact despite my ex's friends and the Solicitor trying very hard to locate him. Utter nonsense in this day and age of technology where you just about find anybody unless they really do not want to be found.

Our son worked for one of the biggest International companies in the world based at Heathrow - a phone call away and a very efficient system in place to recall staff in the event of a bereavement, not much trying went on there I think. Plus these 3 people had been corresponding by email for years up and until about 2 years before my ex. died and all email addresses remain the same to date. All this robbed my son of the grieving process, unable to turn up at the funeral and if what was made out to be the case patch up any problems between himself and his father and last but not least an opportunity for him to contest the Will.

How long have you got after the Will is read to contest it? I have been told 6 months. However logic tells me that if we did not know about my husband's death we were not able to contest it. P.S. Sister is a spinster held down a very good job all her life and maybe still working, inherited the family home lock stock and barrel on top of all this. There is no family, immediate or otherwise and my son is the last of the line. Any chance of going forward with this?