PROBATE

probate PROBATE
1. Generally
Generally, Ch. 851
2. Intestate Succession
Generally, Ch. 852
3. Wills
Generally, Ch. 853
4. Opening Estates
Generally, Ch. 856
5. Personal Representatives
Generally, Ch. 857
6. Inventory
Generally, Ch. 858
7. Claims
Generally, Ch. 859
8. Sale, Mortgage and Lease of Property
Generally, Ch. 860
9. Family Rights
Generally, Ch. 861
10. Accounts
Generally, Ch. 862
11. Closing Estates
Generally, Ch. 863
11a. Informal Administration
Generally, Ch. 865
12. Summary Procedures
Generally, Ch. 867
13. Ancillary Procedures
Generally, Ch. 868
14. Probate Bonds
Generally, Ch. 878
15. Procedure
Generally, Ch. 879

PROBATE 1. Generally 1. Generally
Generally, Ch. 851

Absentee, death certified by circuit court, 813.26

Accounts, see Personal Representatives 2. Accounts

Actions, see Actions Concerning Estates

Administration, defined, 851.01

Administrators, see Personal Representatives

Adopted children, inheritance rights, 851.51

Attorney's fees, basis for, 851.40, 865.16 (1m)

Basic will and basic will with trust, see Wills

Beneficiary, defined, 851.03

Bequests, see Devisees and Legatees

Cemeteries, care, 157.11 (7) (c)

Child born after will, see Posthumous Child

Class gift as to adopted children, 851.51 (3)

Court, defined, 851.04

Death by wrongful act, action survives, 895.01 to 895.045

  Intentionally killing by contract beneficiary, exception provision, 895.43

Death of judgment debtor, lien, 815.12

Decedent, defined, 851.05

Decedent's securities, or real estate, retention of, 881.05

Deferred marital property, definition, 851.055

Definitions, 851.002 to 851.29

Deposit of property when delivery cannot be made, 895.42

Descent, see Descent

Determination date, definition, 851.06

Devisees, see Devisees and Legatees

Distributee, defined, 851.07

Effective date, 851.001

Escheats, see Escheats

Estate tax, see Taxation 14. Estate Tax

Execution against estate, 815.12

Executors, see Personal Representatives

Fees in probate matters, 851.74

Guardian ad litem:

  Compensation, 757.48

Guardianship, see Guardian and Ward

Heir, defined, 851.09

Heirs, see Heirs

Income earned during administration of estate, 701.20 (5)

Income tax, see Taxation 17. Income and Franchise Tax

Incompetents, see Guardian and Ward; Incompetents

Inheritance rights, adopted child and adoptive relatives, 851.51 (1)

  Adopted child and natural relatives, 851.51 (2)

  Class gift as to adopted children, 851.51 (3)

Inheritance tax, see Taxation 18. Inheritance Tax

Intestate succession, defined, 851.11

Investments by fiduciaries, Ch. 881

Issue, defined, 851.13

Joint obligor, liability of estate, 113.06

Joint tenancy, lien, survivorship, 700.24

Judge, substitution of, 801.58 (5)

Land bought at execution sale liable for debts, 815.56

Legacies, see Devisees and Legatees

Marital property, see also Marital Property

  Classification, 851.35

Minors, see Guardian and Ward; Minors

Mortgage, defined, 851.15

Motor vehicle, transfer, 342.17 (4)

Net estate, defined, 851.17