Probate Initiation: An interested party, often a family member or creditor, petitions the probate court to open an intestate estate. Appointment of Administrator: The court appoints an administrator ...

In effect, probate functioned as a pre-emptive filter, forcing scrutiny at the planning stage, before property or assets were ...

Probate is a legal process where a court formally recognises a will's validity and an executor's authority to distribute the estate ...

My mother is the oldest among four brothers and five sisters. My mother’s youngest brother passed away a few years ago leaving behind a Will, in which he has named another sister’s daughter (niece) as ...