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
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
If your brother did have you sign a document you could alert the probate court — if he predeceased you — to decline the role.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
And as I dug deeper into the Osage murder cases—into the murk of autopsies and witness testimony and probate records—I began to see certain holes in the bureau’s investigation.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
He also extorted an excessive fee for putting the seal to all probates of wills, and letters of administration, even where the estates of the deceased were of the meanest value.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley
And if there is no property and no money in your probated estate to pay off your credit-card debt?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
"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
"You're on, Colonel," says I; "though I don't know where I'll get a thousand till after your will is probated."
From The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough
Our son understands that there will be costs associated with probating our wills.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
This probating Major Palmes, a former friend of Andros, declared void, since Andros had ruled that all wills should be probated at Boston.
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Maria Louise Greene
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