What Will the Personal Representative Be Responsible For?

Looking for the decedent’s last will and testament, securing and gathering the decedent’s assets, providing information to the attorney regarding the decedent’s family members, beneficiaries, assets and creditors, opening an estate checking account after court appointment, tracking deposits and expenses of the estate, distributing the assets of the estate to the beneficiaries upon court’s instruction, and filing any final tax returns for the decedent and estate.