When a parent dies, one of the children usually ends up handling the house. For the purposes of this post, let’s assume that child already has clearance to take charge, whether that came from the will, the family, or the court. A parent’s home is often the largest asset in an estate, and it quickly becomes one of the biggest…
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What to Do After Your Spouse Dies in Maryland: A Surviving Spouse’s Checklist
A client called not long ago to tell me her husband had died. We talked for a while about the funeral, and she told me she was doing about as well as anyone does in that first post-death week. Then she mentioned the yellow legal pad on her kitchen table, filled with notes about bank accounts, car titles, and a…