# How Creditors Can Delay a Probate Estate

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Podcast: [The Death Readiness Podcast: Not your dad’s estate planning podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-death-readiness-podcast-not-your-dad-s-estate-planning-podcast-7159546)
Published: 2026-06-09T12:47:27+00:00
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## Resource

Can you open a probate estate, distribute the assets, close the file, and move on without worrying about creditors? Not quite. In this episode of The Death Readiness Podcast, Jill answers a listener's question about why probate sometimes feels painfully slow. Using Tennessee law as an example, she explains how the creditor claims process works, why executors can't simply skip legal formalities, and what can happen if beneficiaries receive their inheritances before all of the creditor deadlines have expired.

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