What exactly is a Probate Will in the state of California?
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Answer:
A will is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his or her property or family after death.
WHAT PROPERTY PASSES BY WILL?
All your property will pass by your will except property which is to vest in others by other instruments. Examples are:
1. Real estate in some states that is owned by joint tenants passes to the survivor with or without a Will andSee our California Last Will and Testament Package at CA-P080-PKG.
2.; Life insurance proceeds go to the named beneficiary.
Probate the process of proving a will is valid and thereafter administering the estate of a dead person according to the terms of the will. It is a judicial act or determination of a court having competent jurisdiction establishing the validity of a will. First the will is filed with the clerk of the appropriate court in the county where the deceased person lived, along with a petition to have the court approve the will and appoint the executor named in the will (or if none is available, an administrator) with a declaration of a person who had signed the will as a witness. If the court determines the will is valid, the court then "admits" the will to probate.