Do I Need To Submit a Notice to Creditors?

Yes, you must publish the Notice to Debtors and Creditors. That should have been done before you paid the expenses, debts, etc, and you MUST publish it before you make any final distributions, without regard to what your accountant told you. The notice is required by Georgia law. You will publish the Notice in the legal newspaper for Fayette County Georgia. Ask the probate court if you don't know what newspaper that is. The Notice runs once a week for 4 consecutive weeks. After the 4th publication date, there is a 3 month period where creditors who you may not have known about have to make themselves known. Please note, however: If an unknown creditor shows up later, then you still have to make sure they get paid before beneficiaries get paid- the creditor loses its place in line with regard to other creditors if it notifies you of its existence after the claims period is over, but it does not lose its place in line before beneficiaries of the estate.