Probate Administration and Proceedings

Question:
What is the process I need to go through to settle my parents estate?

Answer:
Probate is the legal process of settling the estate of a decedent. The steps in the probate process include collecting the decedent’s assets, paying debts and claims of the decedent’s estate, and distributing the remaining assets. A very important outcome of probate is to establish clear title or ownership to assets after death. Thus, probate provides a method of removing the decedent’s name from the title of assets and replacing title with another person’s name after the decedent’s death. The probate process applies both to assets transferred by a will (testate) and to assets transferred under state law if a person dies without a will (intestate).

Probate law and the handling of estates is in fact a complex system, which presents you with multiple requirements and tasks to be preformed by the personal representative, an experienced attorney and a tax consultant.

We can help you with all the aspects of the probate process.