Courts-Probate_vs_Probation-Captions.xml
Courts-Probate_vs_Probation-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.50">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:05.60" end="00:00:14.80">Two legal terms that are routinely confused by people are “probate” and “probation,” and they are two entirely different things.</p>
<p begin="00:00:14.90" end="00:00:19.60">“Probate” is usually a reference to probate court or a shorthand way of saying,</p>
<p begin="00:00:19.70" end="00:00:27.30">“probating an estate” or “probating a will”—terms applying to the handling of the deceased person’s property.</p>
<p begin="00:00:27.40" end="00:00:35.70">Probate court also has jurisdiction over guardianships and trusts, as well as mental health issues, marriages and adoptions.</p>
<p begin="00:00:35.80" end="00:00:39.90">The term “probation” has nothing to do with probate court.</p>
<p begin="00:00:40.00" end="00:00:46.30">It’s an old-school term applying to criminal cases when a person is not jailed for a crime.</p>
<p begin="00:00:46.40" end="00:00:53.20">In a criminal case, a person may be convicted of a crime, sentenced to jail and then given probation—</p>
<p begin="00:00:53.30" end="00:00:57.90">meaning they will actually not be required to go to jail if they stay out of trouble.</p>
<p begin="00:00:58.00" end="00:01:05.50">The new term for probation is called “community control,” but most people still use the old term, “probation.”</p>
<p begin="00:01:05.60" end="00:01:09.60">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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