**Determining the Need for Probate**

 

 

 

**Initial Steps and Filing the Petition**

 

 

 

**Appointment of Executor or Administrator**

 

 

 

**Gathering and Valuing Estate Assets**

 

 

 

**Settling Debts and Taxes**

 

 

 

**Obtaining Court Approval for Sale of Land**

 

 

 

**Distributing Proceeds to Beneficiaries**