Practitioners should study the new act carefully to analyze all of the differences between RPC probate proceedings and EPIC probate proceedings. There are important differences, however. The petition must request probate of a will or a determination of intestacy and a determination of heirs. The petition may also request additional measures, such as appointment of a PR or the setting aside of or confirmation of actions taken in informal proceedings. Supervised administration will not terminate until the court enters an order approving all estate distributions and discharging the personal representative.
EPIC also enacts important changes with respect to PRs.
Under EPIC, informal proceedings, formal proceedings, and supervised administration are not separate and alternative systems of estate administration. Given this new degree of flexibility made possible by EPIC, practitioners should familiarize themselves with EPIC rules and procedures governing probate of decedents' estates, in order to be ready to represent clients effectively once the new procedures go into effect on April 1, 2000.