probate court

Three of his offspring — Prudence MacLeod, Elisabeth Murdoch and James Murdoch — had tried to block the elder Murdoch’s plan to consolidate Lachlan’s power — sending the dispute to a Nevada probate court.

Gosdinski’s stake in the historic amusement remains tied up in Los Angeles County probate court, where Gosdinski’s mother and sister are vying with another owner for control, records show.

That is why, while Hackman’s personal representative filed his will in probate court to administer any remaining property owned at death, the trust created during Hackman’s life can manage assets without court supervision.

Answer: Technically, an executor is a person who settles an estate through probate court.

The Murdoch family’s legal battle played out in probate court in Nevada, where the trust was formed.