Sometimes That Task Won’t Be So Hard!
Who knew that finding a parking spot in the garage near the courthouse would turn out to be more challenging than getting that essential form?
Sometimes, that task you put off isn’t as hard as you think it will be. Yes, even when it involves complicated paperwork. And yes, even when it involves the paperwork that comes after the death of a loved one.
As hard as that sort of paperwork can be, there are going to be people out there who help make it easier for you. From government workers to bankers.
Everywhere a Form
This lesson occurred to me when I took care of some paperwork at the Register of Wills in Towson, Maryland, recently. I’d put this off for weeks because their form seemed so daunting. A few months ago, I closed my mother’s estate. It was challenging for personal reasons — but easier than you’d think.
The phrase Petition for Administration of a Will of No Estate sounds scary. But the paperwork form for what’s called a “Will of No Estate” was not complicated at all.
I filled it out, got copies of the documentation, and went to the Register of Wills inside the Towson Courthouse. (Official name: Baltimore County Courts Building.) Everything went quickly. My parents had planned their estate out well — no surprise as Dad had been an…
