The Guardian | Probate: avoid a final rip-off when sorting out your loved one's estate The Guardian Fees for what is known as "probate" – the process by which you obtain the rights to deal with a deceased person's affairs – can run into many thousands of pounds, and take months to complete. Yet unless a person's estate is large and complex, probate … Estates entangled in a probate trapThe Guardian (blog) all 2 news articles » |