Relating to Small Estates

Added eligibility criteria allowing estates with probate real property up to $100,000 fair market value to qualify as small estates

Updated affidavit form to include new Section 6 requiring disclosure of probate real estate details including county, assessed value, and fair market value

Reordered affidavit sections and renumbered items to accommodate new real estate disclosure requirements

Added new subsection (f) requiring county clerk to mail copies of affidavit to nominated personal representatives and beneficiaries

Added new subsection (g) establishing 30-day objection period and fiduciary commissioner review process for objections

Added new subsection (h) limiting small estate authorization to six months with possible six-month extension

Added new subsection (i) allowing rescission of small estate authorization if asset values exceed thresholds

Estates with probate real property or interests in probate real property are now explicitly ineligible for small estate administration via affidavit, removing the previous $100,000 threshold exception.

The affidavit form was restructured and simplified, consolidating requirements into numbered sections with checkboxes for testacy/intestacy status.

New subsections require the county clerk to mail copies of the affidavit to nominated personal representatives and beneficiaries, and added procedures for objections and time limits.

Added a six-month time limit for acting under the small estate certificate, with provisions for extensions and revocation if objections are filed.

The document was reformatted from an introduced version to an engrossed version, which is a procedural change indicating the bill has passed committee review and is in its final legislative form. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content.