Probate Law Topics

• Probate Law Center
• First Steps After Death & Relevant Laws
  • Funerals and Burials & Relevant Laws
• Probate Administration & the Legal Process
  • Becoming an Executor & the Legal Process
  • An Executor's Legal Duties
    • Finding and Organizing Documents in an Estate & Legal Concerns
    • Death Certificates & Legal Matters During Estate Administration
    • Claiming Benefits During Probate Legal Proceedings
    • Taking Inventory of an Estate & Legal Considerations
    • Valuing Assets in an Estate & Legal Considerations
    • Determining Legal Ownership of Assets in an Estate
    • Filing a Petition With the Probate Court & the Legal Process
    • Sending Notices of Death and Related Probate Laws & Procedures
    • Reading a Will Under the Law
    • Proving a Will Under the Law
    • Searching for Missing Heirs and Beneficiaries & the Legal Process
    • Managing Assets During Probate & an Executor's Legal Duties
    • Paying Debts From an Estate & Legal Issues
    • Paying Taxes From an Estate & an Executor's Legal Duties
      • Filing Tax Returns for an Estate Under the Law
  • Small Estates & Legal Procedures
    • Small Estates Laws and Procedures: 50-State Survey
  • Informal Probate & Legal Procedures
  • Ancillary Probate & Legal Procedures
  • Intestate Succession Laws
  • Divorce, Death, and Other Events Legally Affecting a Will
  • Beneficiary Taxes Under the Law
• Probate Litigation & Legal Concerns
  • Will Contests Under the Law
    • Undue Influence Legally Invalidating a Will
    • Lack of Testamentary Capacity Legally Invalidating a Will
    • Improper Execution Legally Invalidating a Will
    • Mistake or Fraud Legally Invalidating a Will
  • Litigation Against the Executor & Legal Options
    • Executor's Breach of Fiduciary Duty Under the Law
    • Objections to Estate Accountings Under the Law
    • Executor Fee Disputes & the Legal Process
  • Disinheritance and Surviving Spouses’ Legal Rights
  • Will Construction and Interpretation Litigation & Legal Issues
    • Interpreting Group Gifts in a Will Under the Law
  • Creditor Claims Against Estates & the Legal Process
  • Trust Contests Under the Law
  • Reformation and Modification of Trusts Through the Legal Process
  • Litigation Against a Trustee & Legal Options
  • Guardianship Administration Law and Litigation
• Transferring Property Outside Probate & Legal Considerations
  • Trusts & Their Legal Significance
  • Transferring Assets With Designated Beneficiaries & the Legal Process
  • Gifts of Property & Relevant Legal Concerns
  • Joint Ownership With Right of Survivorship & Legally Transferring Property
• Hiring a Probate Lawyer
• Probate Legal Glossary
• Probate Law FAQs

Last reviewed December 2024