The legal process of disposing of a person's estate after her death is called .

Probate is the process that takes place after someone dies. Probate typically includes:

proving in court that the deceased's will is valid and realidentifying/inventorying the deceased person's property  and their assets having the property appraised  by a profesionalpaying any of the deceased's unpaid debts or taxesdistributing the remaining property as the will directs. If there is no will, state law dictates what happens to the deceased's assets and property.