Our Will & Estates Team will take the hassle and stress out of your Probate or Letters of Administration Application.

Probate:

In most cases, Probate is needed if:

• A person has died;
• That person had a legally valid will; and
• That person had real property which formed part of their estate.

The person named under the will as the ‘Executor’ will need to apply to the Supreme Court of NSW for something called a ‘Grant of Probate’. Our Wills & Estates Team can simplify the process for the Executor and prepare all required documents for them so that they can apply with ease.

If the Supreme Court is satisfied that there is a valid will and that probate is required, the executor will receive a ‘Grant of Probate’ of the will. This allows the Executor to distribute and deal with the assets of the deceased person in accordance with the will’s instructions. This is how beneficiaries are given their gifts.

If the deceased person did not have a legally valid will, then an application to the Supreme Court of NSW is required, known as an Application for ‘Letters of Administration’.

Letters of Administration:

A grant of Letters of Administration effectively does what a Grant of Probate does, except there is no Executor as there is no valid will, which means that the Court has the obligation to appoint someone to act as ‘Administrator’ to distribute the estate in accordance with something called the ‘rules of intestacy’.

Our team can help you apply for a grant of probate of a will or letters of administration of an estate today.

We are experienced in making applications for Grants of Probate as well as Letters of Administration, and can help the Executor or Administrator with their additional obligations in administering the estate.