I need some help on stocks..........

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My mother in-law passed away a few weeks ago leaving her estate to my wife and I. She worked at GE for 35 years then retired, taking her severance package when they sold to Lockheed. During this time she amassed according to her ,ALOT of shares,I havent seen how much yet , lets just say she was very well off.

Now I was wondering, what the hell I should do? I have no knowledge of stocks.I have never dealt with them. I se the numbers in the paper and its all Greek to me.

I know that if the economy crashs we will probably lose them , right ?

I will discuss this with our lawyer at a later date but I dont want to walk in there un informed either.

Some pointers for a clueless person on what I should expect or what I should do ???