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P.S. It's occurred to me that if you were to decline to serve as Executor, one of your in-laws is probably who's named in the will as the fall-back Executor -- which seems unlikely to be a plus for you.
But you still don't have to "go it alone" as Executor (or Administrator if there is no will). A law firm could be retained to handle many of the tasks (a firm's seasoned paralegal would be billed out at a lower hourly fee than a lawyer's time), thereby freeing you from time-consuming tedium & conferring some emotional distance from both the probate proceedings and your in-laws.
But you still don't have to "go it alone" as Executor (or Administrator if there is no will). A law firm could be retained to handle many of the tasks (a firm's seasoned paralegal would be billed out at a lower hourly fee than a lawyer's time), thereby freeing you from time-consuming tedium & conferring some emotional distance from both the probate proceedings and your in-laws.