Probate eats up lots of time and money, but there are ways to avoid it. Here are 7 expert tips.

Dedicated estate-planning and probate attorney Michael Smith, founder of Smith Barid, LLC, warns that families often face unexpected tax liabilities during probate due to overlooked income, capital ...

The typical probate process to settle a will or the estate of somebody who dies without one takes 20 months, according to a new survey on probate from Trust & Will, an online estate-planning service.

Probate Initiation: An interested party, often a family member or creditor, petitions the probate court to open an intestate estate. Appointment of Administrator: The court appoints an administrator ...

My mom died just over a year ago, and I’m still knee-deep in probate. I’m barely average. The typical probate process to settle a will or the estate of somebody who dies without one takes 20 months, ...

If a deceased person failed to write a will, the laws of the state govern property distribution. As mentioned in my previous column, this is termed intestate inheritance. While the will is probably ...

Some of the most valuable documents for genealogy are wills and the documents related to the legal process of administering a person's property after their death. This process is called probate. If ...

More than four in five people thought the value of everyday items was too high in a test by a probate and chattel valuer.