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Probate estates drained by executors

Posted on Mar 10, 2009

This new story details to men in charge of probate estates in Mississippi who bled the estate's dry.  In both cases the executor's did not file a formal accountings with the local probate courts.  This allowed them to take money from the probate estates without the beneficiaries ever becoming aware.  The lesson for beneficiaries of California probate estates is to require the executor to either produce copies of the financial records for the probate estate or provide a formal account to the court.  If the executor declines to either provide the records or a formal account then assume you have trouble brewing.

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