Description
Book SynopsisWills, Probate and Estates sets out best practice and procedure in the area of wills, trusts, probate, and the administration of estates. The manual provides accessible, practical and thorough coverage of this key topic, including example precedents, and fully explains the legal background to procedures.
Table of Contents1: Introduction to will drafting 2: Basic elements of a will and mutual wills 3: The legal personal representative 4: Will drafting - the rights of spouses/civil partners, cohabitants, and children 5: Instructions, attendance, and execution 6: Administration of estates: probate practice and procedure 7: Extracting a grant of probate 8: Extracting a grant of administration intestate 9: Extracting a grant of administration with will annexed 10: Second and subsequent grants (de bonis non grants) 11: Non-contentious applications (either to the Probate Officer or to the Court) 12: Administration after the grant has issued 13: Beneficiaries including: spouses/civil partners, cohabitants, and children of the deceased 14: Obligations, duties, and claims on the estate 15: Distributing the estate, vesting of property, and finalising matters
