In 1750, half the persons in Philadelphia who had established probate estates owned slaves.

In addition, certain post-mortem tax-planning opportunities that are available with a probate estate may be lost with a living trust.

When one of his heirs offered their reversionary interest in Cox's probate estate for sale the advertisement listed the sources of income.

Another situation in which appearance through counsel is often required is in a case involving the executor or personal administrator of a probate estate.

Probate estates are subject to claim for repayment to MassHealth, and probate requires notice to MassHealth.

Ferguson's mother is a retired probate estate specialist, whilst his father was a well-known pianist who was one of Southern California's popular piano men until his death in 1999.

The elective share is usually calculated from assets beyond those in the probate estate alone, and the assets that are added together to make this calculation are called an augmented estate.

The "gross estate" for federal estate tax purposes often includes more property than that included in the "probate estate" under the property laws of the state in which the decedent lived at the time of death.