Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania

Her estate has to be administered in the County where she resided. Before any asset, like the house and bank accounts, can be distributed to heirs, your grandmother's debts would first have to be determined and paid. This includes all taxes (income, inheritance) that were due, other debt, including funeral expenses, etc. Only then, if anything is left over, can it be distributed to heirs.

If your grandmother had a will, that would direct to whom any remaining assets should go. If she did not have a will, then the Intestate Succession law of the state would direct to what heirs, and in what order of priority, any remaining assets should go.

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