Wills & Probate
Kemple Gormley provide expert advice in the area of Probate Law. It is vital that people make a will to help plan what is to happen their assets following their death.
We will guide you through the probate process and will answer any queries that you may have in respect of all matters which arise in the administration of a deceased’s estate.
Frequently people have questions in relation to the probate process and some of these might include: –
Is it necessary to extract a Grant of Probate/ Grant of Administration to a deceased’s estate?
Do I need the original will to extract the Grant of Probate, or will a copy of the will suffice?
I think that the deceased might have left a will but I am not quite sure where it was kept.
Contentious wills and estates
We are experienced at litigating will and probate disputes. If you believe that you or a family member have been unfairly denied an inheritance, or that an estate was administered incorrectly, we will advise you whether you have a case worth bringing, and importantly whether it makes financial sense to bring such a claim.
Kemple Gormley provide expert advice in the area of Probate Law. It is vital that people make a will to help plan what is to happen their assets following their death.
When a person dies leaving a will, otherwise known as dying testate, their appointed executor/executrix/executors ordinarily will have to make an application to the probate office for a Grant of Probate to their estate in order to administer and distribute the estate.
If a person dies without leaving a will, otherwise known as dying intestate, in order to administer the estate an application to extract what is known as a Grant of Administration Intestate must be submitted to the probate office.
There are other types of Grant which need to be extracted such as the following: –
Grant of Administration with will annexed – this grant is given where there is a will but where someone other than an executor applies for the Grant.
Second, or subsequent Grants – this grant is given when a grant, which has already been given in the same estate, ceases, for example by reason of the death of the executor prior to the completion of the estate.
There are other different types of Grant which may need to be extracted, which would arise in a minority of estates, and these can be discussed during a consultation at our office.
It should be noted that extracting a Grant of Representation, the generic term given to the different types of Grant, is not always necessary. For example, if a person dies leaving assets which were held jointly with another person, those assets being say a number of bank accounts and a house, there is a strong chance that a Grant of Representation will not have to be extracted to the deceased person’s estate.