Q: What should I do
My mother passed in August. I was named the executor and have found out that she has about $200 with PAI and $8000 from the state of New Jersey. There are no other assets and the debt she has is more than her total asses. Ford has repossessed her car and creditors continue to call. The house she owned is behind on mortgage payments. I live out of state and I can’t open an estate account. What can I do?
A: You will want to start by contacting a probate lawyer in the State that your mother was living in at the time of her death. They can help you figure out if you should do anything to collect her assets at this point. It may turn out to be a waiting game. At some point the debts that were not asserted in a court and turned into judgments will just fade away blocked by the statute of limitations that apply but this varies from State to State. So start first by talking to a probate lawyer in the State your mother last lived in.
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