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Committee raises small‑estate threshold to $45,000, citing probate burden
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
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Summary
The subcommittee approved H.3472 to raise the small-estate summary threshold from $25,000 to $45,000 and increase surviving-spouse exemptions, with bar representatives saying the change will reduce probate burdens on families and courts.
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee voted to report H.3472 favorably after bar representatives said raising the small-estate threshold would reduce unnecessary full probates and ease pressure on courts.
Miss Minton, chair of the legislative committee of the Probate Estate Planning and Trust…
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