Inventory (or make a list of) the property Ĭ. Safeguard the property and assets of the estate ī. The executor's duties are the same as those of the administrator. If you have no will, the court will appoint someone, usually a family member, to be the Administrator of your estate for this purpose.ģ. If you have made a will, you have probably named such a person, called an Executor, in that document. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROBATING MY ESTATE?Ī. When the courts try to determine this, they often look at where a person owns a home, where the person’s car is titled and registered, where one’s driver’s license is issued, and where a person has bank accounts.Ģ. The legal residence means the place where one is entitled to vote, is required to pay state income taxes, and considers (through words and actions) to be his or her home. A person’s estate is probated in the 'domicile' (or legal residence) of that deceased person. Probate retitles a decedent’s property and puts it into the designated beneficiary’s name. The estate of one who has died consists of the property that person owned upon death.
Probate is the procedure of settling the estate of a deceased person.
