Estate Administration Deskbook

Index

• Chapter 1 Probate Jurisdiction and Venue
• Chapter 2 Dispensing With or Terminating Administration
• Chapter 3 Applications for Letters, Qualifications of Representatives, and Bonds
• Chapter 4 Initial Responsibilities of the Personal Representative
• Chapter 5 Collection and Management of Assets
• Chapter 6 Sales, Mortgages, Leases, and Exchanges
• Chapter 7 Claims Against the Estate, Survival of Actions, and Wrongful Death
• Chapter 8 Exempt Property, Family Allowance, Homestead, and Election to Take Against the Will
• Chapter 9 Settlements, Distribution, and Discharge
• Chapter 10 Establishing Fact of Death and Fact of Simultaneous Death
• Chapter 11 Multi-State Administration and Alien-Oriented Probate Law
• Chapter 12 Independent Administration
• Chapter 13 Guardianship of Incapacitated Persons
• Chapter 14 Conservatorship of Disabled Persons
• Chapter 15 Guardianships and Conservatorships of Minors
• Chapter 16 Civil Commitment Under the Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Sexually Violent Predator Laws
• Chapter 17 Will Contests
• Chapter 18 Construction and Interpretation of Wills and Trusts
• Chapter 19 Contested Claims
• Chapter 20 Discovery of Assets
• Chapter 21 Actions Under the Nonprobate Transfers Law—Chapter 461
• Chapter 22 Objections to Final Settlement of Fiduciary
• Chapter 23 Duties and Liability of Estate Fiduciaries
• Chapter 24 Actions for Fraud Under the Probate Code
• Chapter 25 Litigation Settlements in Probate Matters