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Who can deal with estate property after two deaths? | NC
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Q: Who has the right to deal with estate property after both the original owner and a potential heir have died? A: Usually, the person with legal authority is the court-appointed personal representative of the estate that now owns the interest in the property. If the potential heir survived the original owner, that heir's share often became part of the heir's own estate when the heir later died.…