# ‘I want to make her proud’: My mother, a divorcée, died and I’m her executor. Do I need to file for probate? — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:marketwatch)  published 2026-09-27 22:00 ingested 2026-09-28 02:55

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