Can a spouse move belongings before heirs see them? | NC

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Q: What happens if a surviving spouse wants to move a deceased parent's belongings into storage before the heirs know what the items are? A: In North Carolina, moving belongings into storage is not automatically wrong. It may be reasonable if the goal is to protect the property from loss or damage. But the spouse should not secretly sell, discard, divide, or claim estate property before…