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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mail for your deceased mother being sent to your sister's address isn't all that surprising, for the reasons given. We get mail for our son who has never lived at our current address. A new credit card for a deceased person would be surprising. No company is going to open a new account for someone whose credit report says they're deceased, right? And if her credit report doesn't have her marked as deceased, then you probably know enough about her history (past addresses, vehicles, etc.) to get her credit report online and check it. [/quote]

I can check her report logistically but not legally. I don’t have any document stating who is executer of the estate. You are supposed to file all this documentation to request it. [/quote]

Who is the executor? Get the executor to look into it. 
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There was no documented executor. My dad had made us beneficiaries or co-owners of their meager assets (school annuity, checking accounts), so when they died we just assumed ownership and sold the house (worth $40k in 2012). There was no money or need for a lawyer, so no formal will and no executor assigned. We mailed death certificate to the relevant parties to close out credit cards and whatever, we probably didn’t mail it to credit agencies.

Googling I can’t see who is executer when it’s not documented and not the spouse?[/quote]

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