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Probate
The process of settling your estate after you die, including paying creditors and heirs, and validating a will (if there is one).
Joint tenancy
A property held in joint tenancy is owned by two or more people who have an undivided interest in the property, and the interest continues even after the other owners die.
Conservator
A person or entity who is appointed by the court to exercise certain powers for the care of an incapacitated person, the person's estate, or both.
Health care directive
A legal document that lets others know one's wishes regarding medical care and treatment, funeral arrangements, organ donation, and other health care concerns.
Heir
Those persons, including a spouse who are entitled to the property of a decedent when the decedent has left no valid will.
Will
A legal document that directs where a person's property should go after that person dies.
Escheat to the state
When no heirs have made claims to either all or part of an estate, the state receives the unclaimed estate.
Property
The money a person has and the things a person owns.
Decedent
A person who is deceased.
Revocation
In terms of wills, the process or act of canceling or destroying an existing will.
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