Confused after a death

[mford2003]

What is the name of your state? Nevada
Parent died of divorced parents. This parent never remarried. There was a will, and this parrent lived in another state. A sibling of the parent claimed to be the executor of the estate. All parties of the will are being asked (by the executor) to sign a form stating the estate share for each person is responsible for paying bills owed by the deseced.

My understanding is that the estate already is used for this and the will is executed on the remaining parts of the estate, so why would we be asked to sign a document without being able to see the will?

Should I sign this document without seeing the will? The executor is threating to do nothing until the documents are signed...

 

[Dandy Don]

No, you should not sign it. Executor's threat is empty and powerless.

Ask for a copy of the will but even that is not enough. Ask the executor if there are enough assets in the estate to be able to pay off some or all of the debts. It sounds like there is only a small amount of money left. Something is fishy if executor won't give details about this estate.

DANDY DON IN OKLAHOMA ([email protected])