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How does probate process work?

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the appropriate process is basically
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asking the court to help administer
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a person’s estate and the reason for
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that is the person before they died did
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not indicate on certain assets who is to
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receive that asset at their death so
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with no designation on that particular
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asset the court has to then administer
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the estate whether it’s using a person’s
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will or if a person died without a will
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then the court is the
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the means by which the administrator the
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the first representative of the estate
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can process the estate pay the
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appropriate people pay the taxes pay any
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bills that are necessary to be paid and
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there’s there are requirements for that
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the statute and statutes of missouri
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require
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certain
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obligations of the representative and so
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the court makes sure those are are
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completed and the appropriate people are
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given their their whether it’s an
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inheritance or whatever they’re due from
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the estate

St. Louis, MO estate & probate attorney Alicia Albus explains how the probate process works.

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