Who is in charge of her estate? Its against the law to remove anything worth more than $200 without documenting it. NO money should be used of hers until the estate has been settled. You better get a hold of this because if you are the trustee of her estate you are liable and it will be taken from your personal finances to repay what others took.
Quoting NDADanceMom:Who is in charge of her estate? Its against the law to remove anything worth more than $200 without documenting it. NO money should be used of hers until the estate has been settled. You better get a hold of this because if you are the trustee of her estate you are liable and it will be taken from your personal finances to repay what others took.
The service comes out of the estate and the trustee will pay for that. The funeral home should be able to help you with that. Tell your moms sister to meet you at the funeral home. She should also lock up the home until the 2 of you can go through the house together and take an inventory.
Quoting Rydersmommy616:
Okay. That's what I am trying to figure out. My moms sister is in charge of the estate. I am not sure that's why I haven't touched anything. But we need to pay for the service. This is all new to me
Quoting NDADanceMom:Who is in charge of her estate? Its against the law to remove anything worth more than $200 without documenting it. NO money should be used of hers until the estate has been settled. You better get a hold of this because if you are the trustee of her estate you are liable and it will be taken from your personal finances to repay what others took.
Quoting Paranoai:I dont see where you dh is not being supportive?
Quoting NDADanceMom:The service comes out of the estate and the trustee will pay for that. The funeral home should be able to help you with that. Tell your moms sister to meet you at the funeral home. She should also lock up the home until the 2 of you can go through the house together and take an inventory.
Quoting Rydersmommy616:
Okay. That's what I am trying to figure out. My moms sister is in charge of the estate. I am not sure that's why I haven't touched anything. But we need to pay for the service. This is all new to me
Quoting NDADanceMom:Who is in charge of her estate? Its against the law to remove anything worth more than $200 without documenting it. NO money should be used of hers until the estate has been settled. You better get a hold of this because if you are the trustee of her estate you are liable and it will be taken from your personal finances to repay what others took.
Did your mother have any life insurance? You need to find that out first...It took a lot of digging around to find my dad's policy when he died. We gave the funeral home the life insurance info and the funeral costs came out of the life insurance pay out.
You should also be able to set up an "estate account" with a bank.
My dad died in March 2011 and his estate still is not settled.
I know. Sudden death is so hard to deal with from so many angles. I went through it a few years ago with a close family member. The food I bought for a fathers day picnic was used for mourners gathering. There were so many moving parts that it would have been easy to mess up things. One day im planning a party and 4 days later im watching a casket get lowered. The main thing is there are very strict laws dealing with an estate and they watch it like a hawk. Its best to leave it be, only paying off what is owed by your mom and the funeral until things are being released. It really doesnt take long. Within a few weeks most of it is settled. It takes about a year for it to be closed off though.
Quoting Rydersmommy616:
Okay thank u for the advice. I know I am one of the trustee. I feel this sense if urgency. Like my moms body is somewhere. And we need to pay this as soon as possible. My aunt lives a few hours away. They told me to plan the service.
Quoting NDADanceMom:The service comes out of the estate and the trustee will pay for that. The funeral home should be able to help you with that. Tell your moms sister to meet you at the funeral home. She should also lock up the home until the 2 of you can go through the house together and take an inventory.
Quoting Rydersmommy616:
Okay. That's what I am trying to figure out. My moms sister is in charge of the estate. I am not sure that's why I haven't touched anything. But we need to pay for the service. This is all new to me
Quoting NDADanceMom:Who is in charge of her estate? Its against the law to remove anything worth more than $200 without documenting it. NO money should be used of hers until the estate has been settled. You better get a hold of this because if you are the trustee of her estate you are liable and it will be taken from your personal finances to repay what others took.
Quoting Paperfishies:Did your mother have any life insurance? You need to find that out first...It took a lot of digging around to find my dad's policy when he died. We gave the funeral home the life insurance info and the funeral costs came out of the life insurance pay out.
You should also be able to set up an "estate account" with a bank.
My dad died in March 2011 and his estate still is not settled.
How can I take three children to the store by myself? I have never done this but my husband says he won't go anymore.
- Rydersmommy616
on Jan. 4, 2013 at 12:42 PM