Who receives notice of a will being probated or challenged?
All interested persons do not necessarily receive actual notice that actions potentially impacting them are taking place in the probate court. The court will post a notice in a public place in the courthouse, but those are largely ineffective in making people aware of estates being probated in which they may have an interest. If you are a beneficiary in a will admitted to probate, the executor of the estate must give you written notice of that fact within 60 days of the will being admitted to probate. Probate Code ยง 128A. If you are otherwise a beneficiary of a will that is not being admitted to probate or if you are a person who would inherit from the deceased by statute in the absence of the will, no notice is necessary.
