Executors and Personal Representatives

Executors and Personal Representatives: Rights and Responsibilities presents an overview of the probate process, and discusses the rights and responsibilities of the personal representative in winding up the decedent's affairs. These tasks are numerous and varied, and generally include filing the necessary court documents to prove the decedent's will; identifying and filing an inventory of the decedent's property; having the decedent's property appraised; paying the decedent's debts and taxes; distributing the decedent's property according to the will or state law; and providing an accounting to the court. The text provides the reader with a basic understanding of the probate system and the role one must fulfill if called upon to participate as a personal representative.

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