Administering a Decedent's Estate in Virginia

In a recent blog post, I quoted from a useful document by the Virginia Bar Association: Guide to the Administration of Decedents' Estates in Virginia, which was updated in August 2015:

As the table of contents shows, the manual provides an excellent overview of estate administration in Virginia:

• Acknowledgments
• Terminology
• I. Funeral and Burial Arrangements; Pre-Qualification Responsibilities of the Executor
• II. Locating and Reading the Will
• III. Probate and Qualification
• IV. Notifying the Beneficiaries
• V. Rights of the Surviving Spouse and Children
• VI. Administration of Small Estates
• VII. Paying Debts and Claims Against the Estate
• VIII. Paying Taxes
• IX. Responsibilities, Powers, and Rights of the Personal Representative
• X. Estates of Decedents Who Die Without a Will
• XI. Special Assets
• XII. Compensation and Reimbursement of the Personal Representative
• XIII. Advisors
• XIV. Conflicts of Interest
• XV. An Estate Administration Checklist

This document is available online and as a PDF.