Application For Administration

Temporary administration means the appointment of a fiduciary by a court to administer the affairs of a decedent's estate for a short while prior to the appointment of an administrator or executor.

Temporary administrator is an administrator of a decedent's estate appointed for some cause, such as the pendency of a will contest, whereby regular administration is delayed, the property being exposed in the meantime to waste and loss in the absence of an authorized agent to collect the debts and preserve the assets.

Connecticut has a simplified and expedited probate process for settling small decedent's estates. The entire process can be completed within 30 days, instead of six months or longer as is normally required for the regular probate process.

The fee for applying for probate or letters of administration depends on the value of the estate. You won't pay a fee if the value of the estate is less than £5,000. If the estate is valued at A£5,000 or more the fee is A£215. This is the same for both post and online applications.

Under California Probate Code, the executor typically receives 4% on the first $100,000, 3% on the next $100,000 and 2% on the next $800,000, says William Sweeney, a California-based probate attorney. For an estate worth $600,000 the fee works out at approximately $15,000.

The state of Connecticut, however, doesn't have any hard and fast rules about executor compensation. A rule of thumb used by many Connecticut probate judges is that a fiduciary's fee of less than 4% of the gross estate is presumed reasonable, and many people believe that anything on the order of 3-5% is okay.

A Special administrator is a court-appointed person who administrates a court-defined part of an estate during probate.A special administrator can also oversee an entire estate, albeit for a limited time (in case of emergency).

To begin the process, a Petition for Letters of Administration must be filed with the Court. The Initial Filing Fees must be paid upon filing the petition. Any interested party or heir can file the Petition for Letters of Administration.

If you die without a will, your property will go through probate and is then distributed according to Connecticut's intestacy laws. Intestacy laws govern intestate property. They go into effect unless there is a valid will to testify to the deceased's wishes or an established estate plan.