Address: 100 Bogart St Brooklyn ,NY 11206 Phone: (646) 506-4774 Category: Estate Planning Lawyer, Lawyer, Law Firm Description: Probate is a process of estate settlement in court. It is a process in which a will is proved in a law court to see if they are valid and true enough to be approved and implemented. Probate follows a legal process where your estate plans or last Will is verified in a probate court, before distribution of your assets and properties according to the will. Probate Of Will And Estate Property When you pass away, your family is faced with the challenge of managing and sharing your assets among themselves. This is a delicate, emotional and trying time, when they will be faced with a lot of decisions to make. Leaving them without a Will–a valid one–will make things even more difficult for them. Probate in itself is the legal process of determining the validity of a will before its contents are carried out. Not all Wills are valid.