UK Probate Process Timeline
Probate is the legal process of administering a deceased person's estate. It typically takes between six months and a year for straightforward estates, and longer for complex cases with property sales, disputes, or overseas assets.
The main stages are: registering the death, valuing the estate, completing IHT forms, applying for the grant of probate, paying inheritance tax, collecting assets, settling debts, and distributing to beneficiaries.