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Closing a Digital Life With Care
Read guide: Closing a Digital Life With CareThe executor expected to find photographs on the deceased’s social media account. They did not expect to find a business. The account contained years of…
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When Loans and Guarantees Survive Death
Read guide: When Loans and Guarantees Survive DeathThe executor knew about the mortgage. They did not know about the guarantee. While reviewing the deceased’s files, they found a letter from a lender…
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When a Partner Claims Relationship Property
Read guide: When a Partner Claims Relationship PropertyThe executor believed the will was straightforward. The deceased’s two adult children were to receive the estate equally. The main asset was the home where…
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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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Opening an Estate Bank Account: A Guide for NZ Executors
Read guide: Opening an Estate Bank Account: A Guide for NZ ExecutorsThe executor had finally received probate. For weeks, estate money had been scattered across restricted bank accounts, an investment provider, a property manager and several…
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Paying the Estate’s Bills in the Right Order
Read guide: Paying the Estate’s Bills in the Right OrderThe executor opened the deceased’s mail and found three demands waiting. The first was a funeral invoice. The second was a credit-card statement. The third…
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Balancing the Estate Books
Read guide: Balancing the Estate BooksThe executor thought the estate accounts would be simple. There had been a house, two bank accounts and three beneficiaries. The house sold for more…
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What Executors Can Charge to the Estate
Read guide: What Executors Can Charge to the EstateThe executor had spent more than expected before probate was even granted. There were court documents, replacement locks, insurance premiums, postage, property inspections and several…
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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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