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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Executor/Personal Representative will need that the RECEIPT and RELEASE to present to the court to close out the estate.

Is the distribution a partial distribution of a residual?     Or does it satisfy a specific bequest?   Or is it a final distribution?    In my experience I wanted to make sure I had the will, inventory, and any accounting.

The process seems out of order, signing a receipt before  receipt of funds but it seems to be what is done.[/quote]

It is the way it's done when the family isn't local. If OP were local to the attorneys, she would just go to their office, sign the receipt/release and be handed a check right there. Since she's not local and isn't willing to travel in, it gets done a little out of order so that the law firm can protect itself.

If OP wants more assurance, she can ask that the check be sent by certified mail with tracking (which is probably how the law firm would do it anyway for their own protection) and that she be sent the tracking number upon shipping. This gives her confirmation that it was sent and protection against someone else receiving it instead.[/quote]

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