PROBATE AND ESTATE

LITIGATION

 

Probate of Estates:

The term “probate” means the various functions of a probate court in the judicial administration of a decedent’s estate.  Probate administration of a decedent’s estate is necessary in Nevada if the gross value of the estate, after deducting encumbrances, exceeds $100,000.  Probate includes estates of decedents who both died leaving a will (testate) or died without leaving a will (intestate).  Decedent’s estates having a gross value, after deducting encumbrances, not exceeding $100,000, can be set aside without administration (i.e., without opening a probate) to the decedent’s beneficiaries upon petition to the probate court.

 

We at the Nevada Estate Planning and Probate Center can assist personal representatives (i.e., executors), beneficiaries, heirs or creditors in properly navigating the probate process.  We can assist personal representatives in inventorying assets of the probate estate, obtaining letters testamentary or letters of administration, selling property of the estate, preparing accountings, resolving creditors’ claims, working with estate accountants to insure proper tax returns are filed, and distributing assets of the estate.

 

Estate Litigation:

Sometimes individuals who are named as beneficiaries in wills or trusts, or who have been left out as beneficiaries in wills or trusts, desire to try and establish rights, or additional rights, to the assets of a decedent’s estate through litigation.  We at the Nevada Estate Planning and Probate Center have the experience and know how to represent either the estate or, if there is no conflict, the person trying to establish or expand such rights.