35. What is a continuance?

When a petitionA formal written request presented to a court which asks for some form of relief, such as a Petition to Probate a Will, or a Petition to Determine Title to Property. has technical errors that cannot be corrected by the hearing date, then the probate court will continue the hearing and provide you with a new court date. This is intended to allow the problems to be corrected before the new court date.