When is a will's probate an automatic process?
When is a will's probate an automatic process? Min Austria Assistant at Ascent Law LLC Probate is when a court-appointed executor takes what property a person owns and pays out the beneficiaries' shares. The executor might also sell property to raise money if there isn't enough cash or other liquid assets. In order for this process to happen, the will must be admitted to probate. A will becomes probated either automatically or through an application. If a person dies without leaving a will and the heirs are unknown or unascertained, their property will be taken through an application process. But if a person dies with a will that is valid in the state they died in, and it has been properly executed (signed by two witnesses and notarized), then it's automatically admitted to probate without any action needed by anyone. When someone dies, it's understandable to want to know who will inherit their money and assets, and how soon. For this reason, probate laws exist in...