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Probate Is Handled In Court
Probate cases normally occur in state and county court where the deceased permanently lived at the time of his or her death. In different states such courts may go by different names. Some are simply called the Probate Court. In New Yorkthey are called the Surrogates Court and in California they are called the Superior Court, Probate Division. The probate court will normally handle all the personal property the deceased owned, plus all the real estate the deceased owned located in that same state.

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	Latest news about probate cases in Indiana and nationwide: Columbia County Woman Guilty Of Embezzling Nearly $200,000 Of Inheritance Money From Trust Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the guilty plea of a Columbia County woman who admitted to embezzling nearly two hundred thousand ... Read more > The Implementation Of The New Standards For Category F Guardians Ad Litem/Investigators And Standing Order 1-05 The Probate and Family Court Administrative Office has announced that the new standards for Category F, Guardians ad Litem/Investigators will be ef... Read more > More Than Half Of College Seniors Have Debt And 38 Percent Delay Buying A Home Due To Student Loan Debt INDIANAPOLIS – Today Indiana House members passed Senate Bill 459, which contains an amendment offered by State Rep. Trent Van Haaften (D-Mount Ver... Read more > More Probate News >

Probate Terms

Today's Terms

Power of attorney

Definition:
A legal agreement that authorizes someone to handle or share in handling the financial matters of another person. A "durable" power of attorney can continue to give power to another in handling financial matters after incapacitation has occurred.

Escheat to the state

Definition:
When no heirs have made claims to either all or part of an estate, the state receives the unclaimed estate.

Attorney-in-fact

Definition:
This person receives the powers allocated in a power of attorney, such as a right to handle another person's financial matters.

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Probate Hot Topics

Topics Related to Probate:

Probate Court
Last Will and Testament
Living Will
Power of Attorney
Trust Planning
Asset Protection
Special Needs Trusts

Indiana Probate Attorney

If you live in the following cities and need an probate attorney you should contact our Probate Attorney as soon as possible:

Bloomington
Brownsburg
Carmel
Columbus
Connersville
Crawfordsville
Crown Point
East Chicago
Elkhart
Evansville
Fishers
Fort Wayne
Franklin
Goshen
Granger
Greenfield
Greenwood
Hobart
Huntington
Indianapolis
Jeffersonville
Kokomo
La Porte

Lafayette
Logansport
Marion
Martinsville
Merrillville
Michigan City
Mishawaka
Muncie
New Albany
New Castle
Newburgh
Noblesville
Peru
Plainfield
Portage
Richmond
Seymour
Shelbyville
South Bend
Terre Haute
Valparaiso
Vincennes
West Lafayette

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