Form DE-111: Petition for Probate (Probate—Decedents Estates)
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Form DE-111, Petition for Probate (Probate—Decedents Estates, Rev. July 1, 2017), is the mandatory 4-page Judicial Council of California form filed in the Superior Court to open a formal probate estate, admit a decedent's will to probate, and appoint a personal representative (Executor, Administrator with Will Annexed, Administrator, or Special Administrator) under Probate Code sections 8002 and 10450. It records the newspaper for publication (Item 1), the requested appointment, IAEA authority, and bond amount (Item 2), date and place of death and estimated estate property values (Item 3), surviving family structure (Items 5–7), and all heirs and beneficiaries (Item 8). Click "Fill the blank DE-111 now" in JustFill to open our clean, unencrypted 4-page DE-111 in your browser without the XFA "Please wait..." error.
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Opening a formal probate estate in a California Superior Court? Form DE-111 (Rev. July 1, 2017) is the foundational petition adopted for mandatory use by the Judicial Council of California under Probate Code sections 8002 and 10450. Because the Judicial Council exports DE-111 from Adobe LiveCycle Designer 6.3 as an XFA PDF locked with AES owner-password encryption, opening it in Chrome, Edge, Safari, or macOS Preview often triggers the "Please wait... If this message is not eventually replaced by the proper contents of the document" screen or causes California Superior Court EFSP e-filing portals to reject the uploaded PDF. JustFill loads a clean, unencrypted 4-page DE-111 directly in your browser so probate attorneys, paralegals, and self-represented petitioners can complete all 9 items online, attach Form MC-025 continuation sheets, and export a court-ready flattened PDF.
California Judicial Council Form DE-111 (Petition for Probate, Rev. July 1, 2017) is created in Adobe LiveCycle Designer 6.3 as an XFA form locked with AES owner-password encryption. Opening the raw court PDF in Chrome, Safari, or macOS Preview frequently triggers the "Please wait... If this message is not eventually replaced" error, and submitting the unflattened AES-encrypted file to Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Sacramento, or Bay Area Superior Court e-filing portals causes clerk rejection.
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Attorney or self-represented petitioner contact details, Superior Court county and branch, Estate of (decedent's full legal name and aliases), and the exact Petition For boxes: Probate of (Lost) Will and for Letters Testamentary, Probate of (Lost) Will and for Letters of Administration with Will Annexed, Letters of Administration, Letters of Special Administration, and Authorization to Administer Under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (IAEA) with full or limited authority.
Name of the general-circulation newspaper in the city where the decedent resided at death (Item 1a/1b), name of each petitioner and the proposed personal representative (Item 2b), full or limited IAEA authority (Item 2c), and whether probate bond is waived, fixed at a dollar amount under Probate Code § 8482, or reduced by blocked-account deposits (Item 2d).
Date and place of death, California county residency (or nonresident estate location), citizenship, street address at death (Items 3a–c), and the mandatory Item 3d valuation table: (1) Personal property, (2) Annual gross income from real and personal property, (3) Subtotal, (4) Gross fair market value of real property, (5) Less encumbrances, (6) Net real property value, and (7) Total estimated estate value.
Reason bond is waived (will waives bond, all adult beneficiaries/heirs waive bond on Attachment 3e), whether decedent died intestate (3f(1)) or left a will/codicil affixed as Attachment 3f(2), appointment grounds and relationship (3g), California and U.S. residency of the proposed representative (3h), and confirmation that the will does not preclude IAEA administration (Item 4).
Mandatory family-tree checkboxes required by the probate examiner: whether decedent was survived by a spouse, registered domestic partner, natural/adopted children, issue of predeceased children (Item 5), parents, brothers/sisters or their issue (Item 6, completed if no spouse or issue survived), and issue/parents/siblings of a predeceased spouse (Item 7, completed if neither spouse nor issue survived).
Table listing the Name, Relationship to decedent, Age (or "Adult"), and Mailing Address of every person mentioned in the will and every known heir at law (continued on Attachment 8 / Form MC-025 if needed), total number of pages attached (Item 9), Attorney signature, and signatures of all petitioners with verification under penalty of perjury.
A fictional adult daughter named as executor in her late father's will files Form DE-111 in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, requesting Probate of Will and Letters Testamentary with Full Authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (IAEA). The will waives bond.
Estate of ROBERT H. SAMPLE, Decedent · ☑ Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary · ☑ Authorization to Administer Under the IAEA ☑ with full authority
The caption checkboxes must match the requests in Item 2a, 2b(1), and 2c(1).
Item 1: Daily Sample Journal (☑ 1b Publication to be arranged) · Item 2: Petitioner SARAH SAMPLE requests decedent's will be admitted, SARAH SAMPLE appointed ☑ (1) executor with ☑ (1) full IAEA authority, and ☑ 2d(1) bond not be required per Item 3e(1)
Identifies the adjudicated newspaper and matches the executor appointment and bond waiver.
Died 08/14/2026 in Pasadena, CA (resident of Los Angeles County at 740 Sample Maple Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101) · 3d(1) Personal property: $185,000.00 · 3d(2) Annual gross income: $6,000.00 · 3d(3) Subtotal: $191,000.00 · 3d(4) Gross real property: $850,000.00 · 3d(5) Encumbrances: ($210,000.00) · 3d(6) Net real property: $640,000.00 · 3d(7) Total: $831,000.00
Item 3d must be completed in all cases; bond (if required) is calculated from Personal Property + Annual Gross Income (3d(3)) plus twice the gross income of real property under IAEA.
3e(1) ☑ Will waives bond · 3f(2) ☑ Copy of will dated 05/10/2019 affixed as Attachment 3f(2), ☑ self-proving · 3g(1)(a) ☑ Named executor consents to act · 3h ☑ Resident of California & US · Item 5a: ☑ (2)(b) no spouse (deceased), ☑ (4) no domestic partner, ☑ (5)(a) survived by natural/adopted child, ☑ (8) no issue of predeceased child
Every pair of checkboxes in Item 5a must be answered so the court can verify who is entitled to notice on Form DE-120.
Item 8: Sarah Sample (Daughter / Executor / Beneficiary, Adult, 120 Sample Ave, Pasadena, CA 91104); Michael Sample (Son / Beneficiary, Adult, 88 Sample Way, Burbank, CA 91502) · Item 9: 5 pages attached (Attachment 3f(2) Will) · Signed and verified 10/20/2026 by Sarah Sample
Lists all persons named in the will and all heirs at law so they can be served with Form DE-120 at least 15 days before the hearing.
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Official source: DE-111 on Judicial Council of California’s website
Edition checked: DE-111 [Rev. July 1, 2017] — Form Adopted for Mandatory Use, Judicial Council of California, 4 pages (Probate Code, §§ 8002, 10450). Verified against the official source on .
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