Do all of my spouse’s children have to be listed or notified? | NC

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Q: Do all of my spouse’s children have to be listed or notified if I open an estate only for a wrongful death case? A: In most cases, yes—you generally still need to identify all of the decedent’s children as heirs in the estate paperwork, even if you are opening the estate only to appoint an administrator for a wrongful death claim. That is because the wrongful death case must be brought by the…