Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

Probate is the legal process of administering a Decedent’s Last Will & Testament (“Will”), whereby assets owned by the Decedent at death are distributed pursuant to the terms of their Will, or if ...

Probate is the court procedure of proving a will after someone (the decedent) who has completed his or her last will and testament dies. If you have a will and pass away, you have passed away testate ...

A new law lets Delaware homeowners pass property to heirs without probate, helping avoid tangled titles and costly legal ...

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

Q: My mother died in January 2023. My sister is the executor of her estate. When I enquire about what is going on with the probate, she gets hostile and says it's in probate court and she's waiting to ...

Penny Pryor has more than two decades experience writing, reporting and editing financial services publications. She has contributed to, and edited, the Money Section of the Sun Herald and The Sunday ...