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Make a court claim to challenge a probate decision.
How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
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.
Report inheritance tax for excepted estates if a person has died on or before 31 December 2021.
Use this form to apply to stop a probate grant being issued (also known as entering a caveat) by post.
Changing an inheritance after death (a 'variation') and how it can affect amounts of Inheritance and Capital Gains tax due
Guidance for practitioners applying for probate or to stop a probate application using MyHMCTS.
This form is to notify a claimant that their probate claim has been issued.
Use this form to file an acknowledgement of service if you have been served with a probate claim form.
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.
Use form IHT207 for probate if the deceased's estate is an 'excepted estate' and the person died on or after 1 September 2006 with their permanent home abroad and limited assets in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Form CH28: Revocation/refusal of revocation of grant of probate.
The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Submit or respond to online applications for certain civil, family and tribunal cases.
Advice on what you need to do to apply for probate
How to start a case in the Chancery Division of the High Court, which deals with business, property, land, competition and probate disputes.
Only medical professionals can complete this form. A list of eligible medical professionals is in the Details section of this page.
CMA launches new investigation to protect consumers following complaints about unregulated will-writing, online divorce, and pre-paid probate services
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