Newly revised and updated, How to Administer an Estate is a step-by-step self-help resource that guides you through the entire estate and probate process from start to finish. In clear, precise, helpful language, Stephen Christianson walks you through each of the procedures involved in the process from the first steps to take upon the testator's death, to wills vs. intestacy, to closing an estate. He answers every possible question along the way, such as: [list][*]How do you decide to become an executor?