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"This 2025 handbook is a new title in the IICLE library" -- Page v

Introduction, Dedication, and Thanks -- About the Authors --

Probate Fundamentals and Terminology / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Which Assets Are Governed by Probate / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Meeting with the Petitioner / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Alternatives to Probate (and Assessing Whether or Not To Probate) / Colleen Sahlas -- Anatomical Gifts and Disposition of Remains / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Anatomy of a Will - Filling and Admitting a Will to Probate / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Electronic and Other Nontraditional Wills / Raymond W. Prather -- Identifying Heirs, Legatees, and Who Is Entitled To Inherit / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Minors and Persons with Disabilities as Heirs or Legatees / Caroline E. Hecht -- Disclaimers / Lawrence J. Gregory, Colleen L. Sahlas -- Opening Probate / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Notifying Interested Parties / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Will Contests and Formal Proof of Will / MacKenzie A. Hyde, Ray J. Keonig III -- Renunciation of Will and Lost Wills / J. Amber Drew, Robert S. Held -- Advising the Representative -- Fiduciary Powers, Duties and Tasks / Amy J. Delaney, Makedonka Baloski, Colleen L. Sahlas -- Decedent's Estate Expenses and Creditors' Claims / Colleen L. Sahlas, Sherwin D. Abrams, MacKenzie A. Hyde, Ray J. Keonig III, Leonard F. Berg -- Marshalling Assets / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Recovery of Property and Citations to Discover / Ray J. Koenig, III, Priscilla Singer -- Tax Returns and Liability / Colleen L. Sahlas, Lawrence J. Gregory -- Death, Resignation, Removal, or Revocation of Letters of Office and Termination of Independent Administration / Robert S. Held, Colleen L. Sahlas -- Accounting, Reciepts, and Distributions; Representative's Compensation and Preparting To Close Probate / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Distribution of Wrongful-Death and Survival Settlements in Probate Court / Steven A. Wade -- Reopening Probate / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Ethical Considerations in Probate Cases / Melissa A. Maye --

Appendix / Colleen L. Sahlas -- Index