Probate Office Forms

Here you will find the most common forms that are lodged with the Probate Office in support of on application or after an application has been filed.

The forms required in relation to filing an application, caveat or depositing a will for safekeeping are generated via RedCrest-Probate. View more information about how to apply for probate or administration.

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Summary	Documents
Probate Office – Notice of ceasing to act This form is to be used where the law firm acting for a party to an existing proceeding ceases to act for that party.	Notice of ceasing to act – Probate Office (pdf 75.19KB) Notice of ceasing to act – Probate Office (docx 24.27KB)
Probate Office – Summons for commission This form of summons is to be used when an executor or administrator is seeking commission for their pains and trouble in administering an estate.	Summons for commission (docx 27.84KB) Summons for commission (pdf 78.10KB)
Probate Office – Affidavit of nomination and consent These affidavits are to be filed in support of an application for letters of administration by: a person who is not entitled by law to share in the estate, or a person who is not a beneficiary under a will.	Letters of administration (no will) - affidavit of nomination and consent (docx 28.47KB) Letters of administration (no will) - affidavit of nomination and consent (pdf 179.10KB)
Letters of administration durante dementia – procedural guide The document below contains procedural guidance to assist in the preparation of an application for a grant of representation where the sole beneficiary named in a will (or on intestacy) is mentally incapable of applying for a grant and there is no provision in the will for a substituted executor to apply in the event the instituted executor is unable to act.	Letters of administration durante dementia – procedural guide (pdf 353.73KB)
Probate Office - Persons authorised to witness affidavits in Victoria A list of persons authorised to witness affidavits within Victoria.	List of persons authorised to witness affidavits in Victoria (pdf 191.48KB)
Probate Office - Applicant’s grounds of revocation This form is to be used in support of an application to have a grant of representation revoked by the Court.	Applicant’s grounds of revocation (docx 29.43KB) Applicant’s grounds of revocation (pdf 378.30KB)
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 8.22MB)
Probate Office - Small estates will forms Forms to be used for the small estates optional service where there is a will	Small Estates application form (Probate/Letters of Administration (with the Will annexed)) (pdf 272.78KB) Small Estates application form (Probate/Letters of Administration (with the Will annexed)) (docx 202.44KB)
Probate Office – Revocation summons This form of summons is to be used when seeking an order to have a grant of representation revoked.	Summons – Revocation – no respondent (docx 24.45KB) Summons – Revocation – no respondent (pdf 76.58KB)
Probate Office – Rectification summons This form of summons is to be used when seeking an order to rectify a clerical error in a will.	Summons – Rectification – no respondent (pdf 79.44KB) Summons – Rectification – no respondent (docx 27.42KB)

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