[dad911]

NJ the process was surprisingly easier. With my mom's estate, we just registered a copy of the will with the county, and proof we notified beneficiaries with copies of the will. They even supplied forms for the beneficiaries to sign off on before they received assets, basically to CYA the executors.

Difficult part was trying to get some of the investment companies to release funds to the estate account. Vanguard sucked in this respect, took almost a year.

Best were the POD accounts, they skip probate, go right to the beneficiaries.

The worst part was distributing half of my mom's jewelry to my ex-sister, who hadn't seen my mom in ten+ years, and didn't visit when mom was dying, despite living 10 minutes away.