His wife wants him to drop a probate case involving people she knows.
The surrogate hears probate cases, involving wills and estates.
The other heirs, who are mostly elderly, have waited nearly seven years for resolution of the probate case.
There may be separate procedures required in contentious probate cases.
After opening the probate case with the court, the personal representative inventories and collects the decedent's property.
In addition to employment law and civil rights litigation, he also has handled prominent probate cases.
Only then will it be possible to coordinate effectively the national legal systems involved in a given probate case.
"And if you were sitting on a massive probate case."
Some projects prepare name indexes for records, such as probate cases, and publish the indexes, either online or off.
Has Judge Teel, whose sole job is handling probate cases, executed a living will?