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Probate Law Topics
While the thought of forcing one's family through the probate process is excruciating for most people, it is a necessary court process that takes place when one dies. Debtors have to be paid and property and assets must be sold. Then the family is entitled to whatever's left over.
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Probate Is Handled In Court
Probate cases normally occur in state and county court where the deceased permanently lived at the time of his or her death. In different states such courts may go by different names. Some are simply called the Probate Court. In New Yorkthey are called the Surrogates Court and in California they are called the Superior Court, Probate Division. The probate court will normally handle all the personal property the deceased owned, plus all the real estate the deceased owned located in that same state.
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Definition:
A property held in joint tenancy is owned by two or more people who have an undivided interest in the property, and the interest continues even after the other owners die.
Guardian
Definition:
A person or entity who is appointed by the court to exercise many powers for the care of an incapacitated person, the person's estate, or both.
Escheat to the state
Definition:
When no heirs have made claims to either all or part of an estate, the state receives the unclaimed estate.
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Astoria
Auburn
Bay Shore
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Bronx
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Corona
Elmhurst
Elmont
Endicott
Fairport
Far Rockaway
Flushing
Forest Hills
Freeport
Hamburg
Hempstead
Huntington
Huntington Station
Ithaca
Jackson Heights
Jamaica
Jamestown
Levittown
Lindenhurst
Lockport
Long Beach
Massapequa
Middletown
New York
Newburgh
North Tonawanda
Patchogue
Poughkeepsie
Rego Park
Ridgewood
Rochester
Rome
South Ozone Park
South Richmond Hill
Spring Valley
Staten Island
Tonawanda
Troy
Webster
West Babylon
Westbury
Whitestone
Woodside
Yonkers
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