My mother passed away in July. Me and my sister were out of contact with her. She left a will and named me and my sister as the heirs to her estate. She left her cousin as her executor. The house was in pretty bad shape and she didn't have time to deal with the estate so she turned it over to the state. The Public Administrator has some cleanup done, had an auction for the contents of the house and now has the house on the market. Me and my sister don't want to see the house sell in the condition it is in now. Can we stop the sale and pay the county for their services? What should we do?

You have to contact the public administrator, in fact, the executor should not have made any decisions without consulting the heirs, you and your sister. Who received the proceeds from the auction, did it go into the estate to be divided up? If the house is turned over the state and stays with them, you will receive no money from that sale. I don't think the executor is doing a very good job for you.

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The proceeds from the auction are going to the estate to be divided after her cousin, the executor, gets her $5K cut of the inheritance.
I wasn't even notified until the first part of September that my mother had died. They couldn't find me or my sister at the time the decision was made.

What exactly was the excuse given by the executor for giving it up to the state ? The reason Im asking is because they didn't do anything so they wouldn't be entitled to anything and to top it off they are responsible for the encumbrances to the estate if they acted outside the best interest of the estate.

It is a difficult situation. My mother died in the house and it required specialized cleanup to make the house liveable. I wasn't even notified of her death until two months after the funeral. I have been kept in the dark since I was initially notified. Me and my sister haven't signed any papers or anything.

Well this difficult situation may be doing you out of money if you don't jump on this right away and get that executor on track. Its as plain as that. I think you had better re-read califdadof3's advice again. Good luck, but I guess you might say with your situation 'time is money'.

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