Probate Administration in California

What is Probate Administration?

Probate administration is the court-supervised process of administering a California decedent's estate when assets pass through probate, typically because they were not held in a trust, joint tenancy, or with payable-on-death beneficiaries. The personal representative (executor or administrator) inventories assets, gives notice to creditors, pays debts and taxes, and distributes the remainder according to the will or California intestacy rules.

When you might need this service

• A family member has died with assets that require probate (real property over $61,500, total estate over the small-estate threshold).
• You have been named executor in a will and need to file for probate.
• The decedent died intestate and an administrator needs to be appointed by the court.
• A probate is already open and is stalled, contested, or being mishandled.

How Sari Law Firm helps

We file the probate petition, manage notice to heirs and creditors, prepare inventory and appraisals, navigate the probate court calendar, defend against creditor claims, and prepare the final accounting and distribution. California's statutory probate fees (paid from the estate) are well-defined, so the cost is predictable up front. We also handle contested matters, will contests, undue influence claims, fiduciary disputes, when they arise.