Yeah, I've only ever had to do easy tax returns, we didn't expect his mom to die this young, it's very confusing even with a lawyer dealing with most of it. It's 2 checks and his dad who knows enough about these concepts being a business owner, told the renters to send the checks to us.
She had no will, was divorced for years and had one child, and minimal debt due which there will be enough to cover. I guess no one thought it was a problem or that the money needed to be held till after probate.
I do wish I hadn't said I'd done the taxes already, but after a day of a million questions I was just saying "yes!" to be left alone and now I've got to figure this out somehow. I don't know if it can still be claimed by the estate next year but also just extra income by us now... that sounds crazy but I don't want to under report it and when you get into these sort of taxes it's all so foreign the first time. But even the premium version didn't give me the exact option for my situation so I don't see many choices here.
