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If the decedent died without a will You'll need to file: Petition for Informal Probate of Will and/or Appointment of Personal Representative (MPC 150) Surviving Spouse, Children, Heirs at Law (MPC 162) A certified copy of the death certificate.

Non-probate property can include property held jointly, in trust, or with a beneficiary designation. For example, no probate would be required if someone passes away with a house and bank accounts titled jointly with their spouse or held in a revocable trust.

A title in the surviving spouse's name is necessary if the intention is to sell the vehicle or transfer ownership to a loved one. If there is no surviving spouse, then probate would be necessary to transfer the vehicle.

Typically, you have to probate the decedent's estate if you need to: Find out if the decedent's will is valid. Change the title (ownership) of real estate or personal property, such as bank accounts, stocks, or bonds, that is only in the decedent's name without any right of survivorship. Pay the decedent's creditors.

In Massachusetts, creating a living trust will help you avoid probate for virtually any asset you own?real estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on. You need to create a trust document (it's similar to a will) naming someone to take over as trustee after your death (called a successor trustee).

In Massachusetts, estates worth less than $25,000 may not be subject to full probate. In fact, there are two official processes by which small estates can go through an expedited form of probate: Voluntary administration and summary administration.

An Affidavit of Heirship is a legal document used to establish the heirs of a deceased person and their respective interests in the deceased person's estate when the deceased person dies without a will (intestate) or when there are uncertainties about the heirs and their inheritance rights.

A title in the surviving spouse's name is necessary if the intention is to sell the vehicle or transfer ownership to a loved one. If there is no surviving spouse, then probate would be necessary to transfer the vehicle.

In Massachusetts, creating a living trust will help you avoid probate for virtually any asset you own?real estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on. You need to create a trust document (it's similar to a will) naming someone to take over as trustee after your death (called a successor trustee).