Funeral Expenses and Reimbursement: What Executors Track So It Doesn’t Turn Into a Fight
The Core Rule: Treat family-paid funeral costs as formal creditor claims against the estate. Do not issue reimbursements based on verbal memories or side agreements. The Evidence Standard: A clean reimbursement file requires an exact match between an itemized vendor invoice and absolute proof of payment (like a cleared bank statement), even for digital transfers … Read more