Monday afternoon I went to the Surrogate's Court to probate Mom's will. I had brought her will and death certificate but found out that I also needed Dad's death certificate as he was named primary executor. The will was also missing a notation that certified the witnesses.
It didn't take long to find Dad's death certificate but I also had to call the lawyer in SC who had prepared the will. He was one of the witnesses and will need to sign a "Proof of Witness Form." I went back today with the additional info and was told that my part of the process was complete.
The Surrogate Court clerks encouraged me to sign an affidavit stating that I was there when the will was signed. I probably should have but had already answered "No" to the "Were you present" question several times and would have felt like a schnook reversing myself for the sake of expediency. The down side is that they'll have to go through the exercise of sending the form down to SC and getting it signed.
When I started to look into it I was quite intimidated by the probate process but it was really easy. I encourage anyone who has to go through this to seek out advice from the Surrogate's Court and go it alone. A lawyer would have been a waste of money.
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- I am settling into a summer hiatus from work and live in the New York area. Kevie and I have a 14 year old son and have been married for 30 years. I used to want one of everything especially if it was wicked cool.
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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
J.M. Barrie
What's not possible is not to choose
Jean-Paul Sartre
Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much . . . the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001), THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say towards the kitchen.
John Webster (1580-1625)
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her?
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
J.M. Barrie
What's not possible is not to choose
Jean-Paul Sartre
Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much . . . the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001), THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
I saw him even now going the way of all flesh, that is to say towards the kitchen.
John Webster (1580-1625)
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her?
Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)
"Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
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