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Originally Posted by Sliver
Is there a pressing need for you to get involved, anyway? If the deceased didn't care about their estate, why do you? Especially if there is only $10k value. I'm the executor of two estates right now and I wouldn't lift a finger on these if the value of the estate was only $10k. There won't be enough to even cover your time from the perspective of compensation.
Maybe hit the basics like sending the death certificate to the federal gov't, but other than that...IDK...fata it? And even with that, who knows if you even want your name tied to this. Could open you up for ongoing communication with the gov't if he hadn't filed taxes in a while or something and they'll want difficult-to-track-down paperwork, etc. to wrap things up.
I see an estate as a two-person job. First job needs to be done by the deceased. If they didn't do their job and the estate is small, I'd not involve myself.
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IIRC, that was the recommendation from a lot of posters in the previous thread. Don't get involved. Just do enough to get the ball rolling for the public trustee to do it.
It might have been different if you're helping a spouse or kid that's here. But if the rest of the family don't seem to care, you've never met etc. Don't expose yourself to that type of headache.