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The administrator of an estate is a legal term referring to a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of a deceased person who left no will. [1] Where a person dies intestate, i.e., without a will, the court may appoint a person to settle their debts, pay any necessary taxes and funeral expenses, and distribute the remainder according to the procedure set down by law.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
A foreigner can be a U.S. resident for income tax purposes, but not be domiciled for estate tax purposes. A non-resident alien is subject to a different regime for estate tax than U.S. citizens and residents. The estate tax is imposed only on the part of the gross non-resident alien's estate that at the time of death is situated in the United ...
Probate involves validating the deceased’s will, if one exists, appointing an executor or administrator, identifying the deceased’s property, paying debts and taxes, and distributing the ...
As the assets aren't considered a part of your estate, they sidestep the probate process. It also lets you continue to use assets transferred into the trust, such as property or investments you own.
[1] Another definition is the "administration of an estate's asset's in another state." [2] This is often a necessary procedure in probate, because the decedent may own property in a state other than his domicile, which is subject to the law of the state in which it sits. Generally, an ancillary administration proceeding should commence in any ...
The figure on line 11 of your IRS Form 1040 gets transferred over to line 13 of your California state tax return Form 540. But California’s tax laws differ from federal laws, so you might have ...
Probate courts administer proper distribution of the assets of a decedent (one who has died), adjudicates the validity of wills, enforces the provisions of a valid will (by issuing the grant of probate), prevents malfeasance by executors and administrators of estates, and provides for the equitable distribution of the assets of persons who die ...