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The Complete Estate Binder
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All States
By The Rowland Corporation

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The Executor's Guide Settling A Loved One's Estate or Trust
All States
By Attorney Mary Randolph, Nolo Press

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How to Administer An Estate
All States
By Attorney Stephen G. Christianson, Career Press Publications

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Living Trusts & Other Ways to Avoid Probate
All States
By Attorney Karen Ann Rolcik, Sphinx Legal, A Division of Sourcebooks

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Quicken® WillMaker Plus 2010
All States
WillMaker Software, Nolo Press

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• Estate & Gift Tax Information
• Probate & Property Magazine
• Your State's Bar Association

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ADMINISTRATOR/ADMINISTRATRIX:

One who is appointed to administer the estate of a deceased person who has died without a will or who has died with a will but has not named an executor. The distinction between the two titles (male and female) has largely been removed and administrator is proper usage for either male or female.

EXECUTOR/EXECUTRIX:

The person appointed in a will to carry out the testator’s wishes and to administer the property.

INTESTATE SHARE (SUCCESSION):

A share of the assets a person owned at death. If there is no Will, the law says who will get the assets or a part of them.

PROBATE:

1) The process of proving a will is valid and thereafter administering the estate of a dead person according to the terms of the will. The first step is to file the purported will with the clerk of the appropriate court in the county where the deceased person lived, along with a petition to have the court approve the will and appoint the executor named in the will (or if none is available, an administrator) with a declaration of a person who had signed the will as a witness. If the court determines the will is valid, the court then "admits" the will to probate. 2) A general term for the entire process of administration of estates of dead persons, including those without wills, with court supervision. The means of "avoiding" probate exist, including creating trusts in which all possessions are handled by a trustee, making lifetime gifts or putting all substantial property in joint tenancy with an automatic right of survivorship in the joint owner. Even if there is a will, probate may not be necessary if the estate is small with no real estate title to be transferred or all of the estate is either jointly owned or community property. Reasons for avoiding probate are the fees set by statute and/or the court (depending on state laws) for attorneys, executors and administrators, the need to publish notices, court hearings, paperwork, the public nature of the proceedings and delays while waiting for creditors to file claims even when the deceased owed no one. 3) To prove a will in court and proceed with administration of a deceased's estate under court supervision. 4) Reference to the appropriate court for handling estate matters, as in "probate court."