Another sad call

I received a call yesterday from a woman looking for a contents inventory service to help document her aunt's estate. Her father, an elderly man, is the executor, and asked her to help him. He is a business owner and still works 6 days a week. How will he have the time to get the inventory done? She is a working mother with 2 small toddlers. How will she have the time? She's expecting it to take them more than 3 full days to complete it.

To add to the emotion of his loss and attending to all the tasks associated with being an executor, his sister's family is now causing issues. They are blaming him on putting it off on purpose, causing additional stress on him. They are wanting to get in the house to "get things" and are upset he won't let them until the inventory is complete. They've even pressured him to recuse himself as executor!

Everything is in order for the estate, except the inventory. It's not that he doesn't want to do it, he just doesn't have the time, doesn't know how and isn't sure how to figure out the fair market value of each item.

We are pleased that we can help people through these tough times.