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WHAT IS PROBATE?

Living will document on wooden surface.

 When a person dies and leaves a will dealing with their assets, the process to prove the Will and allow the wishes in the will to be carried out is called Probate. The person who looks after this is the person appointed in the will by the deceased and is called the Executor. The Executor is in charge to make sure the wishes contained in the will are carried out and their job is to obtain a Grant of Probate, gather the assets of the deceased, pay any debts, funeral expenses and distribute the balance to the people named in the Will due to inherit, known as the beneficiaries.