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North Carolina surviving spouse rights explained: the sliding-scale elective share, the year's allowance, a life estate in the home, and the intestate share.
Pennsylvania has no state estate tax but does levy an inheritance tax on heirs. Learn the federal estate tax, the 2026 exclusion, and portability.
The Pennsylvania family exemption is a $3,500 allowance the surviving spouse can claim from estate property before most creditors during probate.
Pennsylvania probate accounting: the inventory filed with the Register of Wills, formal Orphans' Court accounts, and the family settlement agreement close.
Pennsylvania probate bond rules: a resident executor named in a will often serves without bond, but the Register of Wills requires it for administrators.
Pennsylvania debt payment priority (20 Pa.C.S. 3392): administration costs, family exemption, funeral and last-illness bills, then taxes and other claims.
Pennsylvania step-up in basis: inherited property gets a new basis at death, which lowers capital gains tax. See how it differs from PA inheritance tax.
Pennsylvania surviving spouse rights cover the one-third elective share, the $3,500 family exemption, intestate shares, and the six-month election deadline.
Yes, you can sell an inherited Alabama home. First pass title to the heirs or estate, use the date-of-death step-up in basis, then close the sale.
Selling inherited property in Arizona: use the community-property double step-up in basis, clear title, and know Arizona's 2.5% tax on the capital gain.
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