How to Administer an Estate : A Step-By-Step Guide for Families and Friends

Newly revised and updated, How to Administer an Estate is a step-by-step self-help resource that guides you through the entire estate and probate process from start to finish. In clear, precise, helpful language, Stephen Christianson walks you through each of the procedures involved in the process from the first steps to take upon the testator's death, to wills vs. intestacy, to closing an estate. He answers every possible question along the way, such as: -How do you decide to become an executor?
-How do you determine the property of the estate and who holds important interests?
-What needs to be done if a person died without a will?
-How do you "open" an estate?
-How do you take inventory and distribute an estate's assets?
-When is it necessary to call an accountant or lawyer?