probate
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The trust fund fight began in June, when Reiner first petitioned for the money in probate court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
He resigned in July, despite facing threats from Reiner’s probate attorney that she would sue him if he quit the job, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
If a property is part of a probate estate, the personal representative is responsible for maintaining insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
For the first two decades, the firm specialised in managing probate house clearances, cessation of business asset disposals and private chattels.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The Widow Cane passed away July first and left no heirs. Therefore, her estate is considered in probate, or in holding.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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The writer is a lawyer who specializes in wills, trusts, estates and probates.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
The website may also include information regarding probates, trusts and guardianships.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Jun. 12, 2018
The legal work was the basic fare: deeds, wills, taxes, probates, landlord issues, residency.
From Washington Post
Such were the citation of laymen out of their dioceses, the excessive fees taken in spiritual courts, the delay and trouble in obtaining probates.
From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
To this court is likewise given authority to grant probates of wills and administration of the personal estates of intestates dying within the settlement.
Once a valid will is discovered, Florida law requires it to be submitted to the probate court, even if it is decades old and/or contradicts how the estate was probated.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
"The estate will actually be probated in accordance with intestate succession laws and the children would be lawfully next in line to inherit," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez agreed to pay a $1,250 fine and have his license held in a probated suspension for 12 months in a settlement reached with the State Bar of Texas.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Virgin Islands, where Mr. Epstein’s estate is being probated.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
Washington died on December 14, 1799, and his will, written July 9, 1799, was probated January 20, 1800.
From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore
There isn’t a statute of limitations on probating a will, but you must generally contest a will during the probate process.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
Those chores can include arranging the funeral, probating the estate, closing accounts, canceling services and dealing with various government agencies, including Social Security and the IRS.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022
The words judicial proceedings relate to the outcome of court actions: damage awards, the probating of wills, divorce decrees, and so forth.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Originally facing 45 felony charges, he later plead guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to probating and community service.
From Forbes ● Dec. 23, 2014
Bates came to report it to me, and to sign the necessary papers in probating the will.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
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