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The Executor’s Month-by-Month Roadmap
Read guide: The Executor’s Month-by-Month RoadmapThe executor opened the will on the evening after the funeral and saw a short sentence appointing her to administer the estate. It looked simple…
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When a Beneficiary Will Not Cooperate
Read guide: When a Beneficiary Will Not CooperateThe estate was almost ready to move forward. The house had been valued, probate had been granted and the executor had obtained an offer that…
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The High-Value Estate Control Plan
Read guide: The High-Value Estate Control PlanThe executor expected the estate to be large. What they did not expect was how many different legal structures were hidden inside it. The deceased…
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Moving the Estate’s Wheels and Watercraft
Read guide: Moving the Estate’s Wheels and WatercraftThe executor found the keys long before finding the paperwork. A car was parked in the garage. A utility vehicle sat beside the shed, attached…
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Keeping Rental Properties Running After Death
Read guide: Keeping Rental Properties Running After DeathThe tenant’s first rent payment arrived three days after the landlord died. It went into the same account it had always gone into, but nobody…
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When the Executor Will Not Take Charge
Read guide: When the Executor Will Not Take ChargeThe will named one executor. Everyone knew who she was, where she lived and how to contact her. She had the original will, understood that…
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When an Executor Must Be Removed
Read guide: When an Executor Must Be RemovedThe beneficiaries had stopped asking when the estate would be finished. They were now asking whether it was safe. The executor had held probate for…
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When You Can Settle an Estate Without Probate
Read guide: When You Can Settle an Estate Without ProbateThe family expected months of court paperwork. The deceased had left a valid will naming one adult child as executor. There was no house, no…
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Paying Urgent Estate Bills Before Probate
Read guide: Paying Urgent Estate Bills Before ProbateThe funeral invoice arrived before the executor had even located the deceased’s latest bank statements. The family had assumed the bank would simply allow the…
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