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Here you will find the most common forms that are lodged with the Probate Office in support of on application or after an application has been filed.

 

The forms required in relation to filing an application, caveat or depositing a will for safekeeping are generated via RedCrest-Probate.  View more information about how to apply for probate or administration.  

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Summary Documents
Probate Office – Affidavit of testamentary capacity

This affidavit is to be used to establish the testamentary capacity of a deceased person at the time of making their will.

Affidavit of testamentary capacity (pdf 183.75KB) Affidavit of testamentary capacity (docx 34.00KB)
Probate Office – Certificate identifying exhibit

This form is to be used to identify an exhibit referred to within an affidavit.

Certificate identifying exhibit (docx 27.54KB) Certificate identifying exhibit (pdf 166.27KB)
Probate Office – Notice of appointment of solicitor

This form is to be used where a party to an existing proceeding who is not legally represented appoints a solicitor to represent them.

Notice of appointment of solicitor – Probate Office (docx 24.11KB) Notice of appointment of solicitor – Probate Office (pdf 75.56KB)
Probate Office – Notice of change of address for service

This form is to be used where a party to an existing proceeding changes their address for service or where a different solicitor within a firm now acts for that party.

Notice of change of address for service – Probate Office (pdf 75.91KB) Notice of change of address for service – Probate Office (docx 24.31KB)
Probate Office – Notice of change of solicitor

This form is to be used where a party to an existing proceeding who is legally represented appoints a different law firm to represent them.

Notice of change of solicitor – Probate Office (docx 25.54KB) Notice of change of solicitor – Probate Office (pdf 75.62KB)
Probate Office – Notice of ceasing to act

This form is to be used where the law firm acting for a party to an existing proceeding ceases to act for that party.

Notice of ceasing to act – Probate Office (pdf 75.19KB) Notice of ceasing to act – Probate Office (docx 24.27KB)
Probate Office – Rectification summons

This form of summons is to be used when seeking an order to rectify a clerical error in a will.

Summons – Rectification – no respondent (pdf 79.44KB) Summons – Rectification – no respondent (docx 27.42KB)
Probate Office – Revocation summons

This form of summons is to be used when seeking an order to have a grant of representation revoked.

Summons – Revocation – no respondent (docx 24.45KB) Summons – Revocation – no respondent (pdf 76.58KB)
Probate Office – Summons for commission

This form of summons is to be used when an executor or administrator is seeking commission for their pains and trouble in administering an estate.

Summons for commission (docx 27.84KB) Summons for commission (pdf 78.10KB)
Letters of administration durante dementia – procedural guide

The document below contains procedural guidance to assist in the preparation of an application for a grant of representation where the sole beneficiary named in a will (or on intestacy) is mentally incapable of applying for a grant and there is no provision in the will for a substituted executor to apply in the event the instituted executor is unable to act.

Letters of administration durante dementia – procedural guide (pdf 353.73KB)