Chatting this dilemma on our way to dinner... someone suggested that after you send out the list, credit each heir with some amount of pretend money, and hold a zoom auction! You show any contested items to everyone on Zoom, they then bid their "dollars" and it goes to the highest bidder. That will minimize their ability to bid on other things, and if you are lucky only a few will care about most items. Then, once you have the "winner", you deduct that price or the real appraisal price (which you may need for the estate...) from their share of the estate payout. Just a wild thought. In your dreams, most people will only care about a few things, conflicts will be few and amicable, and most of it goes to Goodwill or a dumpster. If only one person really wants a Thing, then you can skip those.....
Statistics: Posted by CAsage — Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:50 am — Replies 35 — Views 2385