legal process used to determine the validity of a will before the court authorizes distribution of an estate; legal process used to appoint an someone to administer the estate of someone who died without leaving a will
The legal, court-supervised process of settling an estate, validating a will if there is one, and distributing property to heirs
A legal process by which a court determines who will inherit a decedent's property and what the estate's assets are Probate court is a part of the office of Clerk of Courts in Wisconsin Final judgments are the court ordered disposition of property during probate proceedings
a grant of probate is a recognition issued by the court (usually through a Probate Court) in respect of the will of a deceased person It acts as formal authority to the executors of a will for them to deal with the estate of the deceased person and to start to gather in the estate and then distribute it to the beneficiaries in accordance with the intentions of the deceased In the case of someone who has died without making a will, those dealing with their estate will receive a grant of letters of administration and they will gather in the estate and then dispose of it according to the normal rules of intestacy
The process of marshalling assets of a deceased person, having the will recognized by the court (often called Surrogate's Court) and having the person designated in the will (personal administrator or executor) officially empowered to act (often by issuance of documents called letters testamentary) Ancillary probate is probate in a state other than the state in which you reside Ancillary probate and the attendant fees and time delays can be avoided, in many instances, through planning
A court procedure for settling the personal affairs of a decedent by formally proving the validity of a will and establishing the legal transfer of property to beneficiaries, or appointing an administrator and supervising the legal transfer to property to heirs if there is no valid will
The judicial process in which an instrument purporting to be the will of a deceased person is proven to be genuine or not; lawful distribution of the decedent's estate
{f} validate a last will and testament; put on probation, grant a conditional release from jail
The process by which the assets of a person who has died are documented, administered and distributed under the supervision of a local court and in accordance with the terms of a valid will
is the legal process of proving a will, appointing an executor and settling an estate; but by custom it has come to be understood as the legal process whereby a dead person's estate is administered and distributed
Probate is the process of gathering the assets held in the name of a deceased person, paying the deceased person's debts, and distributing the assets that remain in accordance with the Will of the deceased person or in accordance with the laws of intestate succession if the person left no valid will
To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will
The official process of proving the validity of a will It can also refer to the certificate, granted by the Family Division of the High Court of Justice, which states that the will is authentic and valid, and that the executor of the will has the right to administer it
When the High Court confirms the appointment of an executor to administer the will of a deceased person, the Court's authority for that person to act is given in a grant of probate (See also executor )
The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed It also confirms the appointment of the personal representative of the estate Probate also means the process by which assets are gathered; applied to pay debts, taxes, and expenses of administration; and distributed to those designated as beneficiaries in the will