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  2. I Live in Virginia. How Can I Avoid Probate? - AOL

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    Unlike when wills alone are used to distribute assets, trusts avoid public records. In Virginia, they ensure privacy and avoid probate delays and the probate tax. But trusts cost $1,000 or more in ...

  3. Probate court - Wikipedia

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    A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [2] or courts of ordinary. In some jurisdictions probate court functions are performed by a chancery ...

  4. Uniform Probate Code - Wikipedia

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    Wills, trustsand estates. The Uniform Probate Code (commonly abbreviated UPC) is a uniform act drafted by National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) governing inheritance and the decedents' estates in the United States. The primary purposes of the act were to streamline the probate process and to standardize and ...

  5. Fairfax Circuit Court - Wikipedia

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    This index documents records from the early 1700s to the 1860s that reference enslaved individuals, including probate documents like wills, trusts, deeds of gift, and estate settlements. Housed in the Court's Historic Records Center at the old courthouse, the project aims to provide comprehensive data for genealogical and historical research.

  6. Legal history of wills - Wikipedia

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    The earliest on the statute roll is an act of Henry III, the Widow's Bequest of Corn on Her Land Act 1235 (20 Hen. 3. c. 2), enabling a widow to bequeath the crops of her lands. Before the Wills Act 1837 uniformity in the law had been urgently recommended by the Real Property Commissioners in 1833.

  7. Will and testament - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution. For the distribution (devolution) of property not determined by a will, see inheritance ...

  8. Probate - Wikipedia

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    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 the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy in the state of residence of the deceased at time of death in the absence of a legal will.

  9. Virginia Circuit Court - Wikipedia

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    Virginia Circuit Court. The Virginia Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts have authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $4,500 and have exclusive original ...

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