Sympathies for your loss reenee.
Clothing/books and other possessions are of little or no value so house clearing and the like is not unreasonable to get a property ready for sale. Your father may have asked that some items of a sentimental but no real monetary value be given to certain people. It's not unreasonable to do this before probate. In the estate for which I was executor, I had 10 pages of items listed including books, pictures, religious items etc., to be given to specific people. It took me six months before I had finally finished and I started straight away. It would have been daft to wait for probate to do that.
So removing valuable items for safe keeping is a sensible thing to do, you can't leave anything of value in an empty house. The executor is responsible for safeguarding the assets of the estate. Has the executor given out money bequests?...executor of... has given out bequests & is clearing his house & has taken all his possessions of value into her house when she hasn't even applied for probate yet.
Clothing/books and other possessions are of little or no value so house clearing and the like is not unreasonable to get a property ready for sale. Your father may have asked that some items of a sentimental but no real monetary value be given to certain people. It's not unreasonable to do this before probate. In the estate for which I was executor, I had 10 pages of items listed including books, pictures, religious items etc., to be given to specific people. It took me six months before I had finally finished and I started straight away. It would have been daft to wait for probate to do that.
I suspect this is the nub of the problem....She refuses contact with me & barely speaks to my other sister.
How do you know? When did your father pass away?... she hasn't applied for probate yet?