You access probate records by going to the probate court where the decedent lived, looking the name up in the index to find the docket number and then requesting the file. You can read through the file and obtain copies of any documents. Some courts have public copiers where you can make your own copies. Others charge about one dollar per page for uncertified copies made by the staff.
Probate Courts
wills with property involved
If you are looking to organize your wills, trusts and estates, the best thing to do is to consult a lawyer. They will help make sure all paperwork is put together properly and no mistakes are made.
Suzan Herskowitz Singer has written: 'Wills, trusts, and estates administration' -- subject(s): Legal assistants, Inheritance and succession, Handbooks, manuals 'Wills, trusts, and estates' -- subject(s): Legal assistants, Inheritance and succession, Handbooks, manuals 'Wills, trusts, and estates administration' -- subject(s): Legal assistants, Inheritance and succession, Handbooks, manuals
While living in Pennsylvania, my husband and I drafted wills with a Pennsylvania attorney. We now live in Virginia. Is this a problem?
Leopold Amighetti has written: 'The law of dependants' relief in British Columbia' -- subject(s): Decedents' estates, Decedents' family maintenance, Inheritance and succession 'Wills, estates and government benefits' -- subject(s): Decedents' estates, Estate planning, Law and legislation, Old age pensions, Wills
They have the same rights as they have with an estate that has a will. The creditors file their claims with the executor.
Peter T. Wendel has written: 'Exam Pro Property (Exam Pro)' 'Wills, trusts, and estates' -- subject(s): Wills, Outlines, syllabi, Trusts and trustees, Inheritance and succession 'A possessory estates and future interests primer' -- subject(s): Future interests, Possessory interests in land
J. Brooke Aker has written: 'Law of Wills in PA' 'How to build a more profitable wills and estates practice' -- subject(s): Estate planning 'Pennsylvania estate planning and drafting' -- subject(s): Estate planning, Tax planning 'Law of wills in Pennsylvania' -- subject(s): Wills
Raymond Doran has written: 'Index to wills and estates, 1851 thru 1900, Seneca County, Ohio Probate Court' -- subject(s): Court records, Genealogy, Indexes, Wills
Mark Reutlinger has written: 'Evidence' -- subject(s): Evidence (Law) 'Wills, trusts, and estates' -- subject(s): Terminology, Trusts and trustees, Wills, Estate planning, Inheritance and succession
Valid Wills take priority of distribution of estates. State probate laws take priority when the person dies without a Will.