I was talking to my aunt just the other day and she was asking about probate. She told me that most of her patients who were staying in a nursing home are asking her about it. Hmm, let me tell you something about probate. Probate is actually a process that a court entails after a person dies. It involves proving the authenticity of the last will and testament of the deceased person, appointing someone to handle the deceased person’s affairs, paying taxes, appointing heirs AND distributing the deceased person’s property according to the will or, in case there is no will, according to the state law. That’s basically it. As I was discussing with my aunt the basics of probate, I remember a San Francisco probate attorney whose expertise involves this complicated process. She might as well check on this one because it’s near her place.