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And if there is no property and no money in your probated estate to pay off your credit-card debt?

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

"The estate will actually be probated in accordance with intestate succession laws and the children would be lawfully next in line to inherit," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

His law license will also be held in probated suspension for a year, which means he must comply with specific requirements but can practice law during that time.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

Although Garza was given 10 years in prison for illegal voting, a second-degree felony, her sentence was probated as part of the plea agreement.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2018

"You're on, Colonel," says I; "though I don't know where I'll get a thousand till after your will is probated."

From The Man Next Door by Hough, Emerson