what is an estate of a deceased person
All of these matters are addressed by the probate process in the state in which the deceased person lived. Probate is the legal process of administering a deceased personâs estate. A decedentâs probate estate consists of assets left owned by the decedent in his or her name alone. Before any beneficiary or heir of a deceased person can receive property that belonged to the deceased person, the estate must be properly administered and all debts of the estate must be cleared.