Can anybody tell me when a lawyer takes a will to file in probate court how long does it take to file ?

Question

What I am asking once the lawyer is at the country clerk to file the will,thereafter is a court date provided when to enter the will in probate court to probate it. But is filing it just step one and next you appear in probate court to complete the process. No one is contesting the will and mainly I wish to know once you show up to file the will with probate court,what happens next > Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Depends on local procedure.  When I was young & my county was 1/3 the size it is now I could walk it over to the clerk in the morning.  The clerk would stamp in all the papers & I'd take them upstairs to the judge's chambers & we'd sit around his office & gossip & talk a little politics; he'd look at the papers & sign the orders opening the estate & appointing the executor.   Now we drop off the papers with an intake clerk & a week later get a phone call from a judicial assistant who tells us what additional items we'll need & maybe get a signed probate order a week or two after that.  

Answer 2

2 seconds.

The length of time it takes for the lawyer, or his/her secretary, to hand it to the court clerk, for them to stamp it, and to enter it inot the computer as filed. Then it usually goes in a basket and another court clerk goes and finds the file, or creates a new file, if it is a new case, and puts the original hard copy in it.

Answer 3

Depending on the state, generally they confirm the validity of the will, review and qualify the executor, and review the conditions and expectations for closing the estate; inventory, submitting claims, dispursal of remaining assets....