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Author: JeannieJeannie Date: Mar 3, 2008 04:28
On Mar 2, 7:13 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
gmail.com> wrote:> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:34:23 -0800 (PST), Jeannie yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Dom, this is helpful. Since your sister was administrator
>> instead of executor (nod to Mary F), she probably did not get any fee.
>
> Administrators get a fee, just as do executors. The fee schedule is
> set by law in most states and it's based on the size of the estate.
> They both have to post a bond, too, unless the will waives it for an
> executor. The only difference between an administrator and an
> executor is a will. Otherwise the rules, fees, bonds, and legal stuff
> are just the same.
My folks have a living trust, so everything transferred to Mom
automatically when Dad died. All three of us kids are Trustees, with
me being Executrix/or and the primary trustee.
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Author: Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) Date: Mar 3, 2008 07:49
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:28:44 -0800 (PST), Jeannie yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 2, 7:13 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
> gmail.com> wrote:> My folks have a living trust, so everything transferred to Mom
> automatically when Dad died. All three of us kids are Trustees, with
> me being Executrix/or and the primary trustee.
There should be a pour-over will somewhere in all this, too. We each
wrote one when we set up our living trust.
>> I just finished being an administrator and would have gotten a fee of
>> about $9000, except that I waived it because there were tax advantages
>> to inheriting it rather than earning it (I'm the only heir). The
>> lawyer got a fee of exactly the same amount and he didn't waive it.
>
> How did you find about the tax advantages? Did you ask your tax guy,
> or did the lawyer or a friend mention it? I don't know that I would
> think to consult my tax guy, but it's a good idea.
Both the probate lawyer and out tax guy weighed in on various tax
issues.
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Author: Jerry BauerJerry Bauer Date: Mar 3, 2008 08:39
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:23:33 -0800, Jeannie wrote
(in article
h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com>):
> The house, like almost all the old 50's houses in their neighborhood,
> will very likely be bought and flattened to make room for a
> McMansion. Cupertino doesn't really even feel like home to me
> anymore, it's changed so much.
It's in Rancho?
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Author: S. CheckerS. Checker Date: Mar 4, 2008 18:06
> See, this is what gets me too. I keep wanting to tell my mother about
> things that happen, or show her something.
My dad's been gone for almost ten years now; I miss him most when I
think about how much fun he would have had with my daughters, and they
with him. It's a loss that I can't make up for them.
--
Do not question too much, lest your head fall off.
-- The Upanishads
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Author: groogroo Date: Mar 7, 2008 04:14
Curse Of Millhaven intergate.com> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 9:30
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Author: SnidelySnidely Date: Mar 8, 2008 04:42
On Mar 2, 10:49 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
Hmmm, I think I see a resemblance.
> Mary "I was so proud of her"
Seems like an excellent place and time to feel that way
-- I'm glad
they shared her with you.
/dps
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Author: Boron ElgarBoron Elgar Date: Mar 8, 2008 13:55
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 19:42:37 -0800 (PST), Snidely
gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mar 2, 10:49 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
>
>Hmmm, I think I see a resemblance.
>
>> Mary "I was so proud of her"
>
>Seems like an excellent place and time to feel that way -- I'm glad
>they shared her with you.
>
>/dps
>
And now we have our very own Proud Mary.
Boron
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