Hello everybody, nice to meet you! I am new on the web site, and trying to get some useful info from it...Then actually I need an advice on a present situation which occurred in my family...My aunt (my father’s sister) unfortunately died some weeks ago :( . She was Italian citizen, but we expatriated in Ireland about 20 years ago. We consulted an Italian lawyer about all the procedure to be undertaken to inherit what pertains to us. However we have a doubt about a certain step to be undertaken… More precisely: Could any one explain me what a “probate” (in Italian “denuncia di successione”) is? It is mandatory? The lawyer also told us that we should pay a certain amount of money to carry out such procedure… What about that? thanks a lot for any usual information you could provide us!