What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Deceased mother lived in MI, I live in TN
My mother passed away recently, I am her only child. My father, her husband, passed in 1995.
I now live in TN and want to make sure that I have the proper things taken care of on my end before going to MI, which I am planning to do later this week.
1. What do I need to have to legally enter the home? She owned her home and lived there alone. Has an equity line up to date.
2. Where do I begin to stop bills, how do I take care of the equity line, bank accounts etc?
3. My father had a life insurance policy as well as a dependent policy through his work. How do I stop payments to my mother and how would I find out if they should then come to me?
4. Any ideas of where I could search for what other assets and or bills she may have had?
5. I do not believe that she had a will, none has been filed. What happens to initiate probate proceedings?
My mother passed away recently, I am her only child. My father, her husband, passed in 1995.
I now live in TN and want to make sure that I have the proper things taken care of on my end before going to MI, which I am planning to do later this week.
1. What do I need to have to legally enter the home? She owned her home and lived there alone. Has an equity line up to date.
2. Where do I begin to stop bills, how do I take care of the equity line, bank accounts etc?
3. My father had a life insurance policy as well as a dependent policy through his work. How do I stop payments to my mother and how would I find out if they should then come to me?
4. Any ideas of where I could search for what other assets and or bills she may have had?
5. I do not believe that she had a will, none has been filed. What happens to initiate probate proceedings?