Additional Information:

person died in July, 2010

Probate question from Holyoke, MA

ATTORNEY ANSWER:

If a probate estate has been opened for the decedent, you should file a claim against the probate estate as soon as possible. If a probate estate has not been opened for the decedent, you could petition the probate court to open a probate estate for the decedent as an interested party creditor.

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