probate

The Laiderman Law Firm says avoiding probate is a common goal — and with good reason.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

Maine allows certain estates to be settled using a small-estate affidavit rather than the full probate process.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

“These vary widely, underscoring the importance of understanding local laws if probate avoidance is a priority. Even a single missed step can inadvertently trigger probate.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

All of this will make the transfer of assets easier and will help avoid probate for a large portion of your estate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

I looked through probate records to see who would have benefited from his death.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

Marriage licences and small probates were what we all looked for, and what paid us best; and the competition for these ran very high indeed.

From David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

To this court is likewise given authority to grant probates of wills and administration of the personal estates of intestates dying within the settlement.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. by David Collins

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

His law license will also be held in probated suspension for a year, which means he must comply with specific requirements but can practice law during that time.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024

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

His will, devising the estate to me, was duly probated, and I entered upon my inheritance by due process of law.”

From A Cousin's Conspiracy A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance by Horatio Alger

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

For several centuries the Church had maintained its own courts for trying clerical offenders and for hearing certain cases, which nowadays are heard in state courts— probating of wills, the marriage relations, blasphemy, etc.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. Hayes