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PROBATE, TRUST AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
"What is Probate?"

Probate is a state run legal process by which each state reviews the assets that an individual owns at the time of death. This process requires information on the value of those assets as of the date of death and an an accounting of all receipts and disbursements from estate assets. It also reviews and governs the distribution of assets to the intended heirs.

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"What is Modified Probate?"

Available in Maryland, Modified Probate is an abbreviated probate proceeding that eliminates the need for an Inventory or Accountings, substituing instead a Final Report that goes over some of the same basic information. Modified Probate is only availabe for Estate where all of the heirs and the Personal Representative(s) are a spouse, sibling or children.

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"What is Unsupervised Probate?"

Available in the District of Columbia, Unsupervised Administration of Probate is full probate proceeding that elmininates the review of the inventory and accounting process by the Court, allowing the Personal Representative to serve on the heirs and other interested persons with those filings, but allowing an heir or an interested person to Petition the Court for review of those issues.

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