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Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Probate practitioners named in a will as an executor and who are a partner, member, shareholder or director in a firm can use this form to give up probate executor rights.
Give details of assets that became the property of the personal representatives and apply for a grant of representation in Northern Ireland.
If you’re a spouse or civil partner you can use this form to give up your rights as an administrator if there is no will.
Find out what form and evidence may be required to obtain a grant in a complex estate and / or the procedure to follow.
Make a court claim to challenge a probate decision.
Use this form to apply to extend your stop on a probate application (known as a caveat).
Directory of probate registries and appointment venues. This was previously called PA4.
Form CH26: Order in probate claim involving compromise (CPR rule 57 Part 1 and 57PD paragraph 6.1).
Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Use this form to file an acknowledgement of service if you have been served with a probate claim form.
How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change
Report inheritance tax for excepted estates if a person has died on or before 31 December 2021.
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