When you agree to serve as administrator or executor for someone's estate, that means taking on substantial responsibility. You will have to read and interpret the will and other estate documents, pay creditors, file taxes and distribute assets according to the wishes...
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Month: May 2020
Dividing the personal items of the deceased when there’s no specific plan
Nothing stirs up old resentments and rivalries among relatives than a significant death in the family. Before some relatives have even had a chance to process the information that their loved one has died, others may use their spare key to let themselves into the...
Why do wills end up being contested?
For the most part, contested wills arise out of an heir’s (or potential heir’s) sense that a deep injustice has been done. Estate fights commonly break out between siblings who have a longstanding rivalry or stepparents and their deceased’s spouse’s children from a...
What can you do if your spouse wrote you out of their last will?
Not everyone who struggles in their relationship with their spouse will wind up getting a divorce because of those issues. Some people, either due to a personal sense of ethics or a religious rule because their faith is important to them, will decide that divorce is...