Probate: What It Is and How It Works, With and Without a Will

Learn how probate validates a will, pays debts, and distributes assets to heirs. State intestacy laws apply when there is no ...
Hartford Courant

Malloy To Call for Capping Probate Fees

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will call Wednesday for capping the fees in probate courts around the state. Malloy’s plan calls for allowing a maximum fee of $40,000 – regardless of the size of the estate. As ...
FTAdviser

Advisers slam ‘absurd’ probate fee increase

Advisers have called the government's plans to overhaul probate fees "absurd" and "unjustified" warning some 230,000 families will be hit with higher fees as a result. The Ministry of Justice ...
The Globe and Mail

Where there's a will: How to minimize probate fees

My son, Win, thought he would educate me on some facts about human mortality this week. He shared with me that spontaneous human combustion is most likely to happen during periods of strong magnetic ...