Q: Separated from wife who died in TN. House is mine. Contents/cars in probate. Can I move them to storage to sell house?
The cars are in the garage, and the house is full of furniture. I can not afford to keep this house while awaiting probate to finish. I would like to move the cars and contents to storage, inventory, and then sell in estate sale. Same basic thing for the cars. My homeowner rights seem violated by the estate rights. I have attorney, and he is advising to leave probate items in house. I want to sell the house.
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A: The executor or administrator of the estate has the obligation to safeguard the assets of the estate. If the house is not part of the estate and its going to be sold, the it makes sense for the executor or administrator to arrange to have the contents that are part of the estate moved to secure storage in order to safeguard them for the heirs.
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