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What Is An Estate  from: Wikipedia Basically an estate is comprised of the tangible assets of personal property which belong to a natual person and must either escheat to the state upon the death of person, be beqeathed through a will or transferred intestate (without a will). Wills are the most commonly used legal instruments for the distribution of the tangible assets of a deceased person. Before property can be disposed of pursuant to the terms of a will, the will must be submitted to a probate court which takes jurisdiction of the estate of the deceased. Probate is often considered a relatively lengthy and expensive process, albeit one which may provide greater safeguards with regard to the rights of a deceased person's beneficiariesm, though probate often is contested by creditors or disgruntled members of the family of the deceased who feel they have not received their fair share of the deceased's property. About The Author Wikipedia the free encyclopedia. A free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by contributors from all around the world. The site is a wiki, which means that anyone can edit articles, simply by clicking on the edit this page link. This article was posted on January 5, 2005 The opinions, statements and information contained and expressed in the foregoing article are solely those of the author. No position for or against, agreeing with or disagreeing with anything contained in said article is taken by US Attorneys Directory.com. We do not assume or accept any liability for the use of the information contained herein. This article is published solely as a service to attorneys, lawyers and the internet community. Anyone who does not accept this disclaimer is not authorised to read or use this article in any way. To browse articles see pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 To view articles indexed by subject see Subject To view articles indexed by author see Author We need well written informative legal articles for our site. If you have articles that you have written regarding the law or the practice of law, and would like to see them published in this website at no charge, please go to Article Submission . Thank you. Home | About Us | Contact | Resources | Article Submission Attorney Directories | Process Servers | Court Reporters

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