This comprehensive seminar will take you step by step through the process of administering an estate from the moment of death until the final accounting. You will learn the duties and responsibilities of serving as executor or administrator. The faculty will guide you through the administration process and provide you with samples of commonly used probate forms. Emphasis is placed on handling a modest estate, including tips from practicing attorneys on problem areas such as: properly preparing the petitions and other documents; avoiding conflicts between the fiduciary and the beneficiaries; your role as attorney for the estate handling challenges during administration (distributions and accounts); meeting deadlines in filing inventories, accounts, tax returns, and other documents; and getting paid for your services.

Complete and concise, this seminar will be a good review for experienced estate administrators as well as a basic primer for any attorney asked to advise a client who has been named an executor or beneficiary in a will.