The probate of a simple will that leaves property in equal shares to two people should not take more than a few months.

Probate and settling all affairs is meant to take 12 months, but for one reader it’s now been two years with no end in sight. What can they do?

A Muniment of Title is an order admitting the will to probate and stating that there is no need for a formal administration ...

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Q: I am retired and unmarried, and I have three children who live in other states. They don't get along very well. I'm trying to avoid probate when I die so that there will be nothing my children need ...

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“I tried to free up time, add staff and come up with new systems. None of those had an effect,” Probate Court Associate Judge Wendy Williamson said. “The only time something happened was if someone ...

This article examines all the surviving probate accounts, from all Record Offices except Preston and Lichfield, which deal with the expenses of childrens' clothing. There were over 800. Two-thirds of ...