Sentence examples for apply for probate from inspiring English sources
About 270,000 estates apply for probate — the process of dealing with a deceased person's finances, property and assets — every year.
Only the executor of the will can apply for probate and you need probate to "wrap up" a deceased person's estate – a bank, for example, would insist on seeing an authorised copy of the probate document before it transfers funds.
Without a certified death certificate, survivors cannot begin probate on a will, make claims on life insurance policies, apply for Social Security benefits, or perform a host of other tasks involving the business of life.
If probate wasn't applied for, and there is a will, then you need to get a court order to get her to hand over a copy of the will.
The DWP investigates when probate figures show that the net value of a recipient's estate exceeds the capital sum they declared when they applied for income-related benefits.
Judge Granade expanded her ruling to apply to every probate judge in the state.
Executors and administrators should typically timely apply to the probate court to close the estate after steps 1 through 3 above have been completed.
"Wills for Probate". The New York Times (8 Aug. 1941): 32.
The PA1 form is the application for probate.
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer's will will be offered for probate to-morrow [Nov. 14].
