My husband is the administrator of his moms small estate. He has one brother, the only other beneficiary who is satisfied with everything we've done ourselves thus far.
Creditors are paid, no debts. Claim notice is not due until February, but there are no outstanding debts.
We had one check made out to "The estate of..." and I asked our lawyer for a small estates affidavid. He said we needed to open an Estate account instead and he needed to be at the bank with us to do it. In the mean time, our small town bank cashed this check for us anyways with a letter of office.
We have this check and couple other small amounts of money received. Do we have to transfer this into an Estate Account in order to close my mother in laws estate? Would like to avoid our lawyer for personal reasons.
