De 111

Probate is required when an estate's assets are solely in the deceased's name. In most cases, if the deceased owned property that had no other names attached, an estate must go through probate in order to transfer the property into the name(s) of any beneficiaries.

How long does probate take? California law says the personal representative must complete probate within one year from the date of appointment, unless s/he files a federal estate tax. In this case, the personal representative can have 18 months to complete probate.

When someone dies, you (as an executor or administrator of the estate) are not required by law to file probate documents. However, if you do not file probate documents, you will not be able to legally transfer title of any assets that exist in the decedent's name.

An order of court appointing a person to administer the estate of a deceased person. Where a person dies leaving a will that makes an effective appointment of executors, the executors' title to deal with the deceased's estate is completed by the issue of a grant of probate.

The first page of the Form DE-111 requires you to put your name and address at the top (this is where the attorney would put his or her name, or you put your own name and adress if you do not have an attorney). You then fill in the Court name and location.

(NHJB-2145-P) Form use. This form is used to ask the court to appoint an executor or administrator for a deceased's estate.

The decedent's Will does not control the distribution, and no probate is required.Assets held in trust have universally escaped the probate process. In California, you can make a living trust to avoid probate for virtually any asset you own real estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on.

If Probate is needed but you don't apply for it, the beneficiaries won't be able to receive their inheritance. Instead the deceased person's assets will be frozen and held in a state of limbo. No one will have the legal authority to access, sell or transfer them.

Letters of Administration are granted by a Surrogate Court or probate registry to appoint appropriate people to deal with a deceased person's estate where property will pass under Intestacy Rules or where there are no executors living (and willing and able to act) having been validly appointed under the deceased's will