Based on my understanding, the Estate can't be dissolved until the tax filing is done.
Therefore, the Executor of the state can't resign unless a new one is appointed to file the return.
I'm not really looking for creative solutions around this, I'm asking if the Executor/Administrator of the Estate must sign the joint-return. It does appear that to be the case and so my second question is why does TurboTax make absolutely no mention of this criteria. It seems that when you go to file a return in which there is a deceased person on the joint return that TT should be aware enough to ask these questions. Without them, it risks filing a return in contradiction to IRS rules.
