How to wind up a deceased estate Step 1: Reporting the estate. The following documents are required. Step 2: Appointing an executor. Step 3: Gathering and valuing assets. Step 4: Settling debts and liabilities. Step 5: Preparing the liquidation and distribution account. Step 6: Paying creditors and taxes.
Ing to California law the personal administrator of an estate must complete the probate process within one year from the date of their appointment, unless required to file a federal estate tax. In these types of situations, the maximum length of probate is 18 months.
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Not all estates need to go through formal probate. Depending on how the property is owned, and the type and amount of property, you may not need to go to court or you may be able to use a simpler court process.
What must I do to close the estate? The Personal Representative must file a final account, report and petition for final distribution, have the petition set for hearing, give notice of the hearing to interested persons, and obtain a court order approving the final distribution.
An order for final distribution in California probate is conclusive to the rights of heirs and devisees in a decedent's estate. The order also releases the personal representative from claims by heirs and devisees, unless, of course, there is fraud or misrepresentation present.
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