Who this is for
This page is for the person in charge of an estate: an executor or administrator in probate, the trustee of a trust, or a conservator. In probate the court calls an executor or administrator a personal representative. Trustees and conservators have their own titles and their own rules, but the job feels the same. You are responsible for a house and everything in it, and the courts and the paperwork come with it.
Answer a few questions and you get a plain-English read on where you stand: what your responsibilities are, where the court process fits, what help and resources are out there, and what to do about the house and its contents. Each one ends with your own punch list, so you know what to handle first.
DB is a REALTOR®, not an attorney. This is orientation, not legal advice.
