Settling an estate: advice needed!

anothermom2
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:13:06 +0000

If you have bank accounts, brokerage accts., other real estate, and in most cases more than a deminimus amount of money, you will need to file paperwork in the probate court (or whatever it is named in your state) and I would highly recommend an attorney familiar with this type of law. For a small estate, the fee should not be a great deal, and it is an expense of the estate.

I agree with posts 4 and 7 that the type of deed will be controlling. There also may be some type of other monetary arrangements that you may need to locate the relevant paperwork for to determine whether there is money due to the estate from the grandson. In many areas, copies of the deeds are available on line from the relevant county registrar (or whatever the office is called in your locale.)

Sorry about your FIL. Good luck with the legal work.