Can I be reimbursed for payments that I made on my mom’s home?
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Can I be reimbursed for payments that I made on my mom’s home?
My mom passed away no Will and I was the administrator. I paid the mortgage and tried to refinance was unable to due to it being an investment property and needed $22,000. Can I be reimburse of the payments I made on the mortgage?
Asked on January 1, 2017 under Estate Planning, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Yes, if you were doing this in your role as administrator to try to preserve the home for the heirs (even if you were the only heir), then this was a proper charge made for the estate and should be paid by the estate: e.g. you should be reimbursed for it from the monies in the estate (assuming, of course, there is any money in the estate). One of an administrator's main jobs is to take care of the property in the estate, both physically and legally. If there are estate bank accounts, it would proper to pay this from oneof them, or if not, when the home is sold, to take the amount out of the equity, before distributing to the heirs.
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