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Probate Law Topics
While the thought of forcing one's family through the probate process is excruciating for most people, it is a necessary court process that takes place when one dies. Debtors have to be paid and property and assets must be sold. Then the family is entitled to whatever's left over.
Our Maine probate lawyers can answer all your probate questions, it doesn't hurt to become a little knowledgeable on the issue. These keywords can help get you started:
There Is Someone Responsible For Handling The Probate Process
If there is a will, the individual responsible for handling the probate process is called the executor. If there is no will that person is known as the administrator. In either case that individual is responsible for managing the deceased"s estate throughout the entire probate process.
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What Is The Lawyer's Role
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Definition:
A person or entity who is appointed by the court to exercise many powers for the care of an incapacitated person, the person's estate, or both.
Will
Definition:
A legal document that directs where a person's property should go after that person dies.
Assets
Definition:
All property owned by a person that can be used or made available to use in the payment of debts and heirs.
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Sanford
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Waterville
Westbrook
Windham
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