When a person dies without proper planning, their estate enters a public legal process that can last months—sometimes ...

Probate is the court procedure of proving a will after someone (the decedent) who has completed his or her last will and testament dies. If you have a will and pass away, you have passed away testate ...

A judge in Broward’s probate division describes new rules that make it easier to handle loved ones’ estates without hiring lawyers.

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

Probate is the court-supervised process of validating a deceased person’s will. It involves identifying the person’s final assets, paying last debts and distributing property to the proper heirs. And ...

Probate is a largely misunderstood but generally feared concept. Over half of the respondents to a recent study said that they have no idea about the costs involved in probate, and that they perceive ...

Indian government scraps mandatory probate for wills in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, aiming to simplify asset inheritance.

The Indian government has removed the compulsory requirement of probate for wills in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The ...

Last week, new officials were appointed in the Probate Court of Cook County, including Moultrie attorney Hayden Willis.