You turn the paper in, the teacher gives you a grade, and the process ends. With probate, everyone must get 100 percent. If the petition or related documents are not adequate, the clerks will either return them to you for correction, or hold them and request that you submit additional documents to supplement what you filed. Do not be alarmed. And do not assume that if you are paying an estate attorney, rejection should never occur.
Rejections can occur for many reasons.
The forms filed may have been updated or laws or procedures changed since the blank forms were obtained. Courts do not have the resources to track down and notify anyone with a probate pending as to the changes. So the only way to find out is by filing a petition or other documents that are rejected. Many rejections are for what appear to be minor technicalities. You may assume that some minute technical correction is absurd, but clerks see thousands of probate matters each year.