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Small Estates Affidavit This form allows the heirs to transfer up to $75,000 in assets (usually bank accounts) to all the heirs, without any thing going through probate court. The affidavit is prepared and presented to the holder of the assets.

Request continuance online, by email or call (816)513-2700 at least 24 hours before your scheduled court date your request may be denied. You may request only one continuance of your first court date (arraignment) on a case that is not a domestic violence or a non-payable housing or animal court case.

In order to begin the Kansas probate process, a petition needs to be filed in the county where the deceased resided at the time of death. After the petition is filed, the court will schedule a hearing and notice of that hearing must be published and mailed to all named heirs or beneficiaries.

This affidavit may be used to obtain the transfer, to a decedent's successor in interest, of certain personal property that would be transferrable to the decedent, without obtaining letters of administration or letters testamentary, where the total value of the estate subject to probate does not exceed $40,000.

The small estate affidavit normally does not need to be filed with the court. Instead, the affiant ? the person who swears the affidavit is true and he or she is entitled to the assets ? presents it to the bank, brokerage or other holder of the asset.

Persons having knowledge and access to a will may offer it for probate at any time within the 6 months following the death. The filing of state and federal death tax returns may be required and tax payments are due no later than 9 months after the date of death.