Probate Court References Probate Court United States Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of EncyclopƦdia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: inheritance/ Probateā¦developed in America was the Probate Court, which in most states is called by that name but in New York and New Jersey is known as Surrogateās (or Surrogate) Court and in Pennsylvania as Orphanās Court. Read Moreā¦developed in America was the Probate Court, which in most states is called by that name but in New York and New Jersey is known as Surrogateās (or Surrogate) Court and in Pennsylvania as Orphanās Court. Read More