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Here you will find the most common forms that are lodged with the Probate Office.

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Summary Documents
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 – Consent to dispensation of surety

These forms are to be used where it is sought to dispense with the requirement to file a surety guarantee.

Affidavit verifying consent to dispensation of surety (pdf 526.62KB) Affidavit verifying consent to dispensation of surety (docx 28.09KB)
Probate Office – Consent for letters of administration durante dementia

This form is to be used in an application for letters of administration durante dementia by a person who would be entitled to share in an incapable person’s estate were they to die without a will who has not made the application.

Consent for durante dementia (no will) (docx 24.01KB) Consent for durante dementia (no will) (pdf 84.94KB)
Probate Office – Consent for a person with a lesser beneficial interest to make an application for letters of administration

This form is to be used by a person who has a greater beneficial interest in an estate to consent to an application for letters of administration being made by a person with a lesser beneficial interest.

Consent for a person with a lesser beneficial interest to apply (no will) (docx 23.70KB) Consent for a person with a lesser beneficial interest to apply (no will) (pdf 83.85KB)
Probate Office – completed sample affidavit

This page contains a completed sample affidavit, to show what a completed sworn/affirmed affidavit should look like.

Sample signed affidavit (pdf 1.20MB)
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 – Caveator’s grounds of objection

This form is to be used to state the caveator’s objections as to why a grant of representation ought not be made.

Caveator’s grounds of objection (docx 25.97KB) Caveator’s grounds of objection (pdf 371.39KB)
Probate Office – Caveat summons

This form of summons is to be used in an application for a grant of representation that is restrained by a caveat.

Summons – Caveat (docx 25.70KB) Summons – Caveat (pdf 115.52KB)
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 – Affidavit of nomination and consent

This affidavit is to be filed in support of an application for letters of administration that has been made by a person who is not entitled by law to share in the estate.

Affidavit of nomination and consent (docx 28.37KB) Affidavit of nomination and consent (pdf 179.10KB)