When a person dies having written a will, this status is called?

• A. Intestate
• B. Testate
• C. Probate
• D. Beneficiary

Answer: (B)

The main idea is the terminology used to describe how a person dies with respect to a will. When someone dies leaving a valid will, their status is described as testate. This means there is a will directing how assets are to be distributed after paying debts and expenses, and the estate typically goes through probate to confirm the will and administer the assets. The opposite situation is intestate—dying without a valid will—where state laws determine who inherits. Probate is the court process to validate the will and oversee distribution, not the status itself, and a beneficiary is someone named to receive assets, not the act of dying with a will. So the correct term for dying with a will is testate.