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=== What can I do to protect myself from liability? === | === What can I do to protect myself from liability? === | ||
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As the executor, you could be personally liable if you don’t pay the deceased’s debts, including any taxes owed, before you distribute the estate. | As the executor, you could be personally liable if you don’t pay the deceased’s debts, including any taxes owed, before you distribute the estate. | ||
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== Step 9: Account to the Beneficiaries == | == Step 9: Account to the Beneficiaries == | ||
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Before you distribute the estate among the beneficiaries, you must give them an accounting of your administration of the estate and they must agree with it. | Before you distribute the estate among the beneficiaries, you must give them an accounting of your administration of the estate and they must agree with it. | ||
