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A Client Guide · Part Two

When someone dies,
the estate has a clock.

Grief doesn't come with instructions — but the estate does. This is the settlement timeline in plain English: what has to happen, in what order, and when the deadlines land. Flip Advanced (top right) to see the legal machinery — statutes, filings, and the citations behind every step.

This is my situation: I'm the executor Surviving spouse There's no will Property in other states

The timeline is fixed.
How hard it is, isn't.

Families who walk this road with a guide spend their energy on each other instead of the paperwork. Families who walk it alone learn every deadline the hard way.

If you're holding a death certificate and don't know the next step — that's exactly what this conversation is for.

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