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This timesaving combination of forms and law covers each key procedural step in the probate process with the relevant code sections, summaries of the interpretive cases, and advice for avoiding common pitfalls.
This edition brings you—
More than 40 revised forms including these:
Client Engagement
Engagement Letter — Joint Representation — Executors. Form 1-9
Engagement Letter — Joint Representation —Beneficiaries. Form 1-10
Independent Administration
Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 7-2
Application for Probate of Copy of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 7-3
Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters of Independent Administration. Form 7-4
Dependent Administration
Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 8-3
Application for Probate of Copy of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary. Form 8-4
Application for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters of Dependent Administration With Will Annexed. Form 8-5
Application for Letters of Dependent Administration. Form 8-6
Waiver of Citation by Distributee Pursuant to §258.002. Form 8-6.1
Muniment of Title
Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title. Form 9-2
Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title (Will Not Produced). Form 9-3
Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title (Will Not Self-Proved). Form 9-4
Proof of Death and Other Facts. Form 9-5
And revised text covering:
Increased ceiling for qualifying as a small estate. §§2:16, 11:01
Who are a nonresident decedent's "next of kin" for purposes of determining venue. §5:03
Requirement that applications for probate include partial social security and driver's license numbers of applicant and decedent. §§7:10, 8:10, 9:10.
Posting of notice to creditors when there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county where letters were issued. §§7:62, 8:72
Penalty for misrepresentation by Independent Executor in Affidavit in Lieu of Inventory §7:80
Extended deadline for filing first account by personal representative. 8:120
Admission of copy of a lost foreign will to probate. §§13:40, 13:41
Independent Executor's options when faced with distributing estate assets in undivided interests. §15:60
