[WSBAPT] Shipping costs of estate items

[Katharine P. Bauer]

This is always a question I discuss with clients...and put in the Will.  Of
course, we don't always get to probate only our own Wills!!

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Krista MacLaren <kjm.inc at mac.com> wrote:

> Personally, I think it is reasonable for the estate to pay it if the Will
> or separate writing gives an item to a person who lives far away, but I
> have never put this before the court.  It seems like if the Will directs
> something, then it also implicitly directs the authority to make it happen.
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> On Jun 10, 2015, at 9:15 AM, Gerald Sprute wrote:
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> Probate gurus,
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> Who is responsible for paying for the cost of shipping personal items to
> an heir?  Is it the beneficiary receiving the property, or is this
> considered an administrative cost of distributing assets and thus borne by
> the estate?  The Will is silent on this issue.
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