Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in District of Columbia

inheritance

My ex husband left me his house, his family wants me to sell it and pay off the bills he left behind, am I obligated to do this


Asked on 8/28/07, 8:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: inheritance

If you're the executor of your deceased husband's estate and named as such in his will, then, yes, you're obligated to collect up the assets belonging to the estate, pay the bills chargeable to it and make whatever distributions to the named beneficiaries(including yourself)out of whatever is left(if anything).

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Answered on 8/29/07, 12:45 pm


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