I received a check last week from the animal hospital that treated our kitty, Taz, before he crossed the rainbow bridge on Christmas Eve 2009. I haven't had any need of their services since, and was certainly surprised at this unexpected "windfall." (If, indeed, $30 can be considered a windfall.)
I called the pet hospital, thinking they must've mixed up accounts and it was some other Susan Hartman who was owed money. (It is, after all, not a totally uncommon name.) Well, lo and behold, it was the refund for some unused medication we'd turned in after Taz's final illness in 12/09.
I'm of the mind that it's our "inheritance" from him, and probate was just completed.
sue