Who pays property taxes: the second-wife or the decedent’s children?
Dear Mr. Premack: My grandfather got married, and then passed away only two months later. His Will left the house to my dad and his brother. We know his new wife can stay in the house as long as she wants, but she owns two other houses and one of them is homesteaded. If she lives in grandfather’s house, what expenses must she pay? Is she responsible for the taxes? If she does not pay the taxes when due, what are we to do? – LW It is generally true that a surviving spouse is e