Probate Attorney in Maplewood, Minnesota
What is Probate?
What is Probate?
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probate is a process whereby the court
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directs assets after somebody passes
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away a probate is going to be necessary
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when somebody passes away and they
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either own assets in their individual
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name
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without a joint owner or without a
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beneficiary designation think about it
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this way if an asset does not have a
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beneficiary designation or a joint owner
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it it doesn’t really know where to go
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when the owner has passed away and so
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what the probate process does is it
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steps in and it says okay asset you need
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to go to this person or to this person
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either by virtue of the terms of
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somebody’s will or
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under the laws of intestacy which means
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that somebody has passed away without a
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will
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St. Paul, MN family law attorney Letty Van Ert explains what probate is.
