When my grandparents passed away within 9 months of each other in 2005, my mother was the executor of their will, which stated the estate was to be split 3 ways... I had no idea how much work could be involved in handling someone's estate. More >>

Your advice to the daughter who had been her father's caregiver and then was tasked as being his estate's executor were both morally and legally correct, but let me share my experience which, by the way, mirrors what several friends have experienced having been put in the same place. More >>