Bob McLaughlin Broker Associate Germaine Realty LLC 255 Main St Weymouth Ma
In Massachusetts, probate is the court-supervised legal process that validates a will, identifies and values a deceased person's assets, settles debts and taxes, and then distributes the remaining assets to beneficiaries or heirs, according to the will or, if there is no will, according to Massachusetts law.
1. Real Estate Owned Solely by the Deceased
2. Bank Accounts or Investments in the Deceased’s Name Only
3. Personal Property of Significant Value
4. No Named Beneficiaries or Beneficiary is Deceased
5. Assets Without a Trust
6. Disputes or Challenges to the Will
1. Jointly Owned Assets
2. Assets with Named Beneficiaries
3. Assets Held in Trust
4. Small Estates
In Massachusetts, most wills do go through probate, but not every asset has to.
Here’s how it works:
So, the will itself gets verified through probate if there are probate assets to distribute.
If someone dies with only non-probate assets, technically, the will may never need to be filed because there’s nothing for the court to oversee.
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