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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you *cannot* just go into the house and take stuff, even if you believe nobody wants it. There is a process and you have to handle it.

[b]For the supposed valuables, there’s probably little of actual value, and it’s the executor’s duty to take care of that. Let that one go. [/b]

For donations, that is also up to executor. Let it go.

For items you want, all you can do is make a list and send it to the executor and other siblings and *request* to take them. Put them all aside in the house in one place.

The most I think you can reasonably do to impact the process is suggest that everyone get a fair turn to come take the items they want. But that’s just a suggestion that the executor may or may not take. [/quote]

But make sure that if the executor sells the items of value, that they report the amount and split it among the beneficiaries. While there might not be items that are wildly valuable, amounts can add up. We had a lot of items that were worth under a hundred each than a number worth maybe a thousand.  We were surprised at how things add up and you end up with say, an extra $5000 per beneficiary. I realize that for some people here $5000 isn’t a lot, but for me and my siblings, it was a very welcome extra. 
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That’s more reason for the executor not to bother with selling items. More work to sell and more paperwork to track costs and sales pricing. In some cases, you have to deal with crazy and suspicious and hoarding inheritors. No, thanks!

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