If you have a small estate, you can avoid paying lawyers by using online tools and updating beneficiary forms. Wills can be as simple as jotting down the names of the people you want to receive your assets, she adds. “I have probated a Post-it note before as a will because...
Cano said Monday, were assets not part of the probated estate: a $650,000 insurance policy, which was paid to the brothers, and a $5-million policy, which was not paid because Jose Menendez did not take the required physical exam. ...
Visit the county court in the county where your father's will was probated. If the probate process is complete, your father's will is a matter ofpublic record. You can search the public records held at the courthouse for your father's will to determine whether he left you any assets. ...