When a resident of Maine dies, it is likely that his or her estate will likely require probate. Probate is the process by which a property owner’s estate is transferred to the persons entitled to inherit it. All property which does not transfer through means of a survivorship interest, trust, or beneficiary designation is subject to probate. In Maine, the probate code is codified at Title 18-A of the Revised Statutes.
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Probate is the court process by which aperson’s assets are transferred to those entitled to receive them after he orshe has died. This process, also called estate administration, is mandatory forall of the decedent’s property that does not transfer pursuant to asurvivorship interest, trust, or recorded beneficiary deed.
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When a person dies, his or her estate is subject to court-supervised administration, a process referred to as probate. Probate enables persons who are entitled to receive it to inherit a decedent’s property, pursuant either to the terms of a will or Kentucky laws of intestacy, when the decedent dies without a will. Property – such as transfer-on-death accounts, survivorship interests, and trust accounts – that transfers automatically is not subject to probate. Title 34 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes governs probate proceedings in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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Probate is the court-overseen process by which property is transferred to a decedent’s distributees and/or heirs upon death. A distributee is any person who receives a decedent’s property other than as a purchaser or creditor, and an heir is a person entitled under Idaho’s laws of intestate succession to receive property (I.C. §§ 15-1-201(11), 15-1-201(22)). The Uniform Probate Code is codified at Title 15 of the Idaho Revised Statues.
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Probate is the legal process by which a decedent’s property is transferred to those entitled to receive it. All real property that does not transfer by means of a survivorship interest or a recorded transfer on death deed, or property held in a trust, is subject to probate.
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Probate is the legal process of administering a person’s estate after he or she has died. The Probate Division of the Superior Court oversees the probate process for residents of the District of Columbia.
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When a property owner in Delaware dies, the decedent’s estate must be opened in probate, with some exceptions. In Delaware, the Register of Wills – a division of the Chancery Court – oversees estate administration in the county in which the decedent resided.
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The Connecticut Probate Court oversees the transfer of a decedent’s property to those entitled to it in a process called probate. All property the decedent owned at the time of death must go through probate, excluding survivorship assets, assets held with a beneficiary designation, and assets held in trust. Smaller estates may be eligible for an expedited probate process. Probate proceedings take place in the probate district in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of death.
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Probate is the court process of estate administration by which property is devised by will or distributed through laws of intestacy to the decedent’s rightful heirs. The estate administration process varies from case to case, depending on such factors as the way the decedent held title to property and whether he left a will. When a property owner dies in Arkansas, any real estate not held in a survivorship tenancy, trust, or included in a beneficiary deed is subject to the probate process.
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When acquiring real property, it is important to consider your plans for the property following your death, and make estate planning decisions accordingly.
Many factors determine what will happen to property in the event of an owner’s death, including the type of property; the way the owner holds title to the property; whether the decedent left a valid will; and the laws of real property succession in the State of Colorado.
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