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If the estate only includes personal property (e.g. bank accounts, household items, insurance payable to the estate, motor vehicles, boats) valued at less than $50,000 (plus $100,000 in motor vehicles), and an heir or devisee is willing to wait 30 days after death, he is authorized to collect the property by presenting ...

If you create a revocable trust, you will need to choose a Trustee and decide how the property will be managed after you die. If you want to avoid probate, you will also need to transfer ownership of all of your property to the revocable trust or name the revocable trust as a beneficiary of your property.

Anyone with a financial or property interest in the estate can file a Demand for Notice with the court any time after the person's death. The right to demand notice ends when you no longer have a legal interest in the estate.

If you create a revocable trust, you will need to choose a Trustee and decide how the property will be managed after you die. If you want to avoid probate, you will also need to transfer ownership of all of your property to the revocable trust or name the revocable trust as a beneficiary of your property.

Rule 12. Closing Estates. (a) Duty to Close Estates. When a personal representative has completed administration of the estate, the personal representative either shall petition to close the estate by formal closing under AS 13.16. 620 or AS 13.16. 625 or file a sworn statement under AS 13.16.

Probate is a court process to transfer property owned by the person who died to the persons who are supposed to receive the property. It involves several steps: Appointing a Personal Representative to handle the probate. Gathering property owned by the person who died.

Exempt property is personal property of the person who died, worth up to $10,000, that the Personal Representative must give to certain family members.

In fact, many estates can be settled without any court involvement at all. Estates valued at less than $50,000, plus $100,000 worth of motor vehicles, can often avoid the probate process in court, provided the estate contains no real property (land or a home).