When someone dies owning assets in their sole name, a decedent estate may need to be opened to transfer those assets to the persons entitled to it.
Our Personal Approach
When I am appointed by the Court to serve in the capacity as a Personal Representative, it is my personal approach that we have a duty to collect all assets of the Estate and a duty to the heirs or devisees. We must follow the intestate (without a Will) or testate (with a valid unrevoked Will) laws and the duty is to the Estate as a whole and not an individual heir or devisee.