How to administer an estate : A step - by - step guide for families and friends - Christianson, Stephen frey50 (Career press Franklin Lakes, NJ, 2004)
Becoming an executor. Sample last will and testament ; Appendix one -- Preliminary steps upon death. Sample legal audit form ; Appendix two -- Opening the estate. Sample letters of administration and formal notice ; Appendix three -- Inventorying the estate. Sample estate inventory form ; Appendix four -- Handling claims against the estate and estate taxes ; Appendix five -- Managing the estate. Sample asset purchase and sale agreement ; Appendix six -- Accounting, distribution to beneficiaries, and closing the estate. Sample estate accounting form ; Appendix seven -- Glossary of terms -- Sources for further information.
Includes index.
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