Probate and Estate Administration
What is Probate and Intestacy?
In England and Wales probate is the word normally used to describe the legal and financial processes involved in dealing with the property, money and possessions (called the assets) of a person who has died.
A Grant of Probate is a legal document issued by the central Probate Registry in Harlow that’s often legally required to access bank accounts, sell assets and settle debts after someone has died.
Probate is the process of proving that a will is valid and confirming who has authority to administer the estate of the person who has died. Those who have authority to administer the estate are usually named in the will as executors.
Very often, before executors named in the will can claim, transfer, sell or distribute any of the deceased’s assets they have to apply for a Grant of Probate.
If some dies without a will, an intestacy arises. In these cases, the law steps in to provide who may administer the deceased’s estate, knows as the administrators.
In cases of Intestacy, very often the administrators will require a Grant of Letters of Administration before they can claim, transfer, sell or distribute any of the deceased’s assets
Probate and Intestacy fees
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