December 15 2007 may father-in-law passed. He made a will in 2006 as his wife was dying of cancer. My sister-in-law was named executor of the estate and the will states that she and her sister get all cash, bank accounts/ life insurance ETC. My husband is to get the house that we live in with my father-in-law. I took care of him until his death. I know both of my sisters-in-law have been spending the cash and when asked about the deed to the house we were told she had to hold onto it because she wants so save my husband "inheritance tax." I checked into the inheritance tax laws and was told there isn't any tax. Now she called and told my husband that there was a credit card that wants another $1000 and asked if he will help pay the bill and he agreed. I asked him to talk to her about the deed and now she is saying it wasn't inheritance tax she was trying to save him on it was lawyer fees. By law she was to pay that credit card bill not us. My question is how long can she keep putting us off after the death? What kind of legal trouble are we looking at because of her actions? I know after the death and the estate goes to probate that all beneficiaries are to be notified. We were never notified so does this mean she didn't go through the courts to finalize the estate? If that is the case will there be a chance my husband could lose the house if she gets into trouble with the estate issues?
My sister-in-law is the executor of my father-in-laws estate who passed 12-15-07?
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