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From: david1@aluxe.UUCP (nelson)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: estates
Message-ID: <1256@aluxe.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jan-84 13:42:34 EST
Article-I.D.: aluxe.1256
Posted: Thu Jan  5 13:42:34 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Jan-84 02:46:05 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA
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My wife and I are currently handling  her  father's  estate.   We
fired  our  attorney when he told us he was going to charge us 5%
of the estate's net worth.  This would  have  amounted  to  about
$5000.   We  fired  him when we realized the small amount of work
involved in this particular estate.  Most of the assets are  cash
except  for  a  property worth about $8000.  We already filed the
inventory, are in the process of selling the property,  will  pay
the  inheritance  tax,  and  will  soon  file  the audit and then
petition the court to dismiss the executrix (my wife)  and  close
the  estate.   Of course we'll have distributed the assets before
petitioning.

We met with stiff resistance from  our  public  servants  at  the
court  house  in  Cambria County, Pa.  When asked for information
they would say "talk to your attorney".   We  asked  for  general
info,   nothing   specific   about   our  case.   We  were  given
misinformation by the  register  of  wills  concerning  what  was
involved  in  filing the estate's inventory, an area he should be
well acquainted with.  We have been able to get the info that  we
need from other sources though.

2 questions: Has anyone else had any experience in  handling  and
closing  an estate?  Does anyone have any examples of how to word
the petition to the court to close the  estate  and  dismiss  the
executor(trix)?