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The rights in the real property are a part of the estate. If the property was owned with rights of survivorship, the daughter may claim title without going through probate. Consult an attorney who does probate work in your jurisdiciton.
The probate laws of Florida cover all counties. A decedent's estate is generally filed where the decedent owned property.
There will should be probated where they owned property. In addition, their will must be filed for probate wherever they owned real property, even if it was located in more than one state. Estates that pass title to real property must be probated in order to establish legal title.For example, if the person lived in NH and owned property there, the estate must be probated in NH.If the decedent also owned real property in Massachusetts, exemplified copies of the NH probate would need to be filed in the county in Massachusetts where the land is located.If the decedent only owned property in Massachusetts their estate must be probated in Massachusetts.
A decedent's estate is made up of any property they owned at the time of death.
Typically the spouse inherits the entire estate unless there are children involved.
Yes. If you owned property with your aunt as joint tenants with the right of survivorship then when she died full ownership of the property passed to you automatically with no need of probate.
A decedent's estate is probated in the county where she/he owned property. Check first at the county probate court where the decedent lived.
There are several ways to search but it certainly helps if you know what county. Go to the court house in the county they lived or owned land in and do a title search.
The probate process is called Succession only in Louisiana. The answer is YES, it is necessary to file a Probate in any other state in which the deceased owned property. This is necessary in order to transfer the ownership interest of the deceased to the heirs.
If the testator owned property where she/he lived the will should be probated in that county. You should check with an attorney in your jurisdiction to determine the practice in your area.
That will depend on how the property was owned. If it was Joint Tenants (with right of survivorship, no) or Tenants in Common (if he wants to keep the property, yes).