{"id":74,"date":"2009-01-21T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patellawoffices.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2009-01-21T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T13:00:29","slug":"ten-things-to-do-to-prepare-a-will-for-probate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/general-estate-planning-and-probate\/ten-things-to-do-to-prepare-a-will-for-probate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Things to Do to Prepare a Will for Probate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are the executor of a will there are many things you must do to get that will ready for probate. Probate means the process by which the deceased\u2019s assets are gathered; outstanding debts, taxes, and expenses of the funeral and the probate process are paid; and the assets are distributed to the beneficiaries in the will. Following here are the top ten things needed to prepare for probate.<\/p>\n<p>Get names and addresses of all person named in the will;<\/p>\n<p>Determine if the deceased has any pending financial or legal matters requiring immediate attention;<\/p>\n<p>Arrange for a meeting with everyone named in the will;<\/p>\n<p>Gather, do not destroy, any of the deceased\u2019s records, tax returns, checks, or other documents;<\/p>\n<p>Get death certificates (from funeral home);<\/p>\n<p>Keep careful records of all funeral-related expenses;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t pay debts unless truly necessary;<\/p>\n<p>Change locks on the door if deceased lived alone;<\/p>\n<p>Secure valuable items;<\/p>\n<p>Notify insurance carriers of the recent death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are the executor of a will there are many things you must do to get that will ready for probate. Probate means the process by which the deceased\u2019s assets are gathered; outstanding debts, taxes, and expenses of the funeral and the probate process are paid; and the assets are distributed to the beneficiaries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-estate-planning-and-probate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patellawoffices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}