You must file a petition in the county probate court. You can perform a quick search for the location in your jurisdiction by searching your county, state + probate court. For example: Middlesex County, MA - probate court.
The executor now controlling the estate has to do the transfer but if they had an executor, there is probably also a will, attorney, and a beneficiary (ies)
If your grandmother is still living, you can't. If she is deceased, the executor of the will is required to notify you if you are in the will. If there is no will, and your parents are deceased, then you should contact the probate court and/or executor.
No it's the person that is paying for the funeral or an executor of the deceased's estate.
In the state of Illinois, if a person whose parents are deceased has been named executor of their estate, yes, all of their financial information will be given to the living executor upon request.
The executor of the estate.
They follow the instructions of the deceased has laid out in their will.
Certainly. Anyone can be named an executor of an estate, whether related to the deceased or not.
The executor of the estate is able to sell assets of the estate.
If there is a will, the executor makes all mortgage payments from the estate of the deceased.
The executor of the estate files the tax return for the deceased.
If there is a will then the person to be executor is appointed by the will. If there is no will or the executor is dead then you need to go and see a solicitor about how to proceed. If the estate is very small there may be government advice on how to proceed (solicitors will charge) - there are usually rules about how to deal with estates below a certain value.
The court will look at the Will to determine if an alternate executor is named. If not, then the state probably has a list of people, in order, who should be named as administrator of the estate. Relationship to the deceased executor is irrelevant.