Money Estate

Divide up assets based on their value. Instruct your executor to divide assets equally. Instruct your executor to sell everything and then distribute the proceeds to your beneficiaries equally.

Generally, beneficiaries have to wait a certain amount of time, say at least six months. That time is used to allow creditors to come forward and to pay them off with the estate assets. (In some cases, an executor may make partial distributions to the heirs after he or she estimates the debts.

After someone dies, it can be a number of months before the assets are distributed to the beneficiaries. If a Grant of Probate is necessary, the Supreme Court needs to be informed of the current assets and liabilities of the deceased before probate can occur.

A beneficiary can also transfer his interest in the trust property and every person to whom a beneficiary transfers his interest acquires the rights and liabilities of the beneficiary at the date of the transfer.

The assignment has to be filed with the probate court before the distribution can be made to the assignee. Note that inheritances from a trust typically cannot be assigned to someone else. Most trusts prohibit assigning an undistributed trust inheritance.There are legal restrictions on disclaiming an inheritance.

A personal representative has the discretion to make a partial distribution of assets during the administration of the estate.Once final expenses have been made and the estate is ready to close, the personal representative can distribute the remaining assets to the beneficiaries.

Those requirements are: That the estate assets are distributed at least 6 months after the deceased's date of death; That the executor has published a 30 day notice of his/her intent to distribute the estate; and. That the time specified in the notice has expired.

Usually, a trust prohibits beneficiaries from assigning their interest in the trust before distribution.