Probate & Estate Administration

Probate is the court process that moves a person's property to the people entitled to it. That means filing the will, having an executor or administrator appointed, inventorying assets, notifying creditors, and accounting to the court before anything is distributed. We handle the filings and the deadlines and tell you plainly which tasks are genuinely yours, so nobody is puzzling over court forms during a hard month.

Call when you have been named executor, when a parent has died without a will, or when a bank will not release an account until someone shows authority. Some estates qualify for a simplified release and never need full administration, and we will say so rather than open a file that does not need opening. Where a disagreement between heirs is brewing, it costs far less to raise it early than after money has gone out the door.