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This question concerns estate administration in New York.
Mother died in February 2004. Three surviving adult children only
heirs. My brother has been the administrator and I've been helping him
do the leg work. We've done it without a laywer since it was pretty
simple stuff. We got professional help where we needed it for
accounting and real estate, but not for the specific estate
administation procedure. All bills have been paid, all property
distributed, all tax forms filed, the statement of inventory has been
filed as required by the Surrogate Court. Accounting has been
satistfactory to me and my sister.
My sister and I have executed Receipt and Release forms and they have
been filed with the Surrogate Court.
I asked the clerk about getting a decree discharging my brother, but
we were told there would be a court fee if we wanted to have a
proceeding for a judge to issue a decree. I got the impression it
wasn't necessary since the only possible claimants are me and my
sister and we executed releases.
Is there any reason my brother would really need a decree, or are we
done?
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