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My ex husband passed away and a few months later I recieved an estate check and my son is his only biological son who gets the check
Asked on May 25th, 2021 on Estate Planning - Virginia
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I dont know what to do my son was over his finances before he passed and the check came to our address
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The estate gets the check. Hire a local probate attorney to help you open an estate. Whether the estate, after paying bills, makes a distribution to your son only or at all depends on the amount of the bills and whether his father remarried or adopted children.
Answered on May 26th, 2021 at 5:15 AM
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