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Legal Issues

A Final Accounting

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As the court appointed administrator for Richard’s estate I have to provide the court an inventory of his estate.
First off, it strikes me as funny the very notion of Richard having an estate. When I think of estates, I think about houses, farms, money, cars. Richard did have a small mutual fund account. And because [...]

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A Day in Court

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Yesterday I got to go to court.
In order to get access to Richard’s bank account and his mutual fund, I have to be the administrator of his estate.
I won’t go into how strange it sounds to talk about Richard’s estate – when he owed more than he owned. The lawyers call this an insolvent estate.
I [...]

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Probate Problems

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I was supposed to go to court on Monday to start probate on Richard’s estate.
The purpose of the proceeding is to give me legal authority to handle Richard’s financial affairs. I need this authority to close out his accounts and clear up the final details of his financial life.
My lawyer called today. Whether by a [...]

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