<prompt> Human: A bit of background: My family is generally very poor and most of us are on Medical AssistanceMedicareFood Stamps. My older sister is the Executor of the will, but she has a young kid and is very confused about how to deal with lawyers or anything to do with this situation. For example, I just found out that she thought her neighbors real estate agent could be our probate lawyer and hasnt made any arrangements past leaving him a voicemail. Im worried that shell take the wrong advice and my family will end up on the wrong side of this financially, so Im here to hopefully get pointed in the right direction.My aunt on my moms side died unexpectedly last weekend and my family has naturally been very overwhelmed with funeral arrangements and securing her estate. Aunt had a horse farm with lots of equipment and its been crazy trying to board the horses and get everything straight. She also was a therapist so there are a ton of confidential files to deal with.Heres what we know about her estate so far: My aunt had a will stating that her estate should be divided into fourths, with my mother and her two brothers claiming a fourth each, and myself and my two siblings splitting the last 14th between ourselves. My aunt had no children.Aunts estimated assets: Owes 190k on house Zillow values it between 400-500k Owes 8k on truck fairly new, bought two years ago Pension100k she retired two years ago at 70, tax returns showed her receiving 53k from the pension yearly Assorted horse geartrailersetc??? Personal bank account??We have to deal with selling the house and selling her stuff in the housebarn, not quite sure how to best do that given the specialized nature of some of her belongings handmade Amish horse cart etc. In the meantime I guess we have to pay her mortgage and bills, dont know much beyond that. The immediate problem is that my aunts pension is apparently going to be paid out in the next couple of days to my mother and her two brothers, at about 33k each. This is an issue because my mom is 62 and receives SSDI, food stamps and is getting cancer treatments every month under Medicare. Is getting this portion of the inheritance going to throw her off her programs? If so, where do we put the money in order to keep her from risking her medical care which would be impossibly expensive without Medicare? A trust or something along those lines?I am working on helping my sister find an actual estate lawyer but Im worried this check will show up for my mom before we can get a consultation. How do we deal with the pension pay-out now, and what should we expect with the rest of her estate? Thank you for any advice.  <response>: You should cross-post this to rlegaladvice, and definitely dont touch that check until you get to talk to a lawyer. Any attempts to hide that money, or put it someplace that doesnt show as moms income will very easily become welfare fraud. You want legal advice on this, from a qualified professional. 