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My sister & I have been appointed voluntary administrators of my brothers estate. He had a small amount of money in the bank and a 10 year old auto. Can the auto be given to a daughter or does it have to be sold to help pay his debts? That total will not pay all his creditors, should we give each a % or should we pay some and not others?
Thanks

Duties of voluntary administrator in MA

Your duties as voluntary administrator are spelled out in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 195, Section 16 and in other laws referred to in that section.  For example, Section 16 states:
 
A voluntary administrator shall, as far as possible out of the assets which come into his hands, first discharge the necessary expenses of the funeral and last sickness of the deceased and the necessary expenses of administration without fee for his services, and then pay the debts of the deceased in the order specified in section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-eight and any other debts of the estate, and then distribute the balance, if any, to the surviving spouse, or, if there is no surviving spouse, to the persons and in the proportions prescribed by clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section three of chapter one hundred and ninety.

Good luck.

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