PROBATE PETITIONS
WHO CAN PROBATE?
SPOUSAL OR DOMESTIC PARTNER PROPERTY
MARSHALLING ASSETS AND FILING INVENTORY & APPRAISAL
HANDLING CREDITORS OF THE DECEDENT
ALLOCATION OF DEBTS BETWEEN ESTATE AND SURVIVING SPOUSE
FEDERAL AND STATE TAXES
SALES OF ESTATE PROPERTY
BORROWING AND ENCUMBERING ESTATE PROPERTY
PARTITIONS OF JOINT INTEREST
LITIGATION
WILL CONTEST
WRONGFUL DEATH AND PERSONAL INJURY ACTIONS “SURVIVIN” TO THE ESTATE
ELDER AND DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE CLAIMS
ADJUDICATING ADVERSE CLAIMS TO PROPERTY (PROB. C. §850)
PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS (PROB. C. §11700)
MAINTAINING LAWSUITS INITIATED BY THE DECEDENT (SURVIVAL ACTIONS)
SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL OF REPRESENTATIVES
CHALLENGING REPRESENTATIVES’S ACCOUNTINGS