What do I do about the decedent’s creditors?

 

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So, it depends if a probate administration has been opened. If a probate has been opened and a personal representative has been appointed, the personal representative is required by law to notify any known or reasonably ascertainable creditors. They’re also required to issue notice to creditors and have it published in two newspapers of general circulation in the county where the individual resided at the time of their death. Absent a probate proceeding, creditors have um up to one year from the individ individual’s date

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of death to open their estate and file a claim against it. So, if there is no pending probate administration, there’s nothing for you to do at that point. Um because creditors have to go through the avenues of law to properly file a claim and try to collect from the estate.

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