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What does the executor need to start settling the estate?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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A complete inventory of the estate.

Valuation of the inventory.

Complete listing of claims against the estate.

If the estate is clearly larger than the claims against it, there is no issue with resolving the claims as they come forward. However, if there is not enough to resolve all debts, the estate has to present a plan to the court showing how much each of the debtor's is to receive, usually some number of cents on the dollar.

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