Published: September 2022
Authors: Theresa Donnelly, Henry Stokes
Pages: 74 + PowerPoint slides

Content outline

  • No will, no problem - unofficial administration
  • Modest estates - consider whether an election to administer is an option
  • Is your client intestate?
  • Search for a will
  • Advertising
  • Physical search
  • In brief: validation
  • So you have found a document - are there capacity issues which cycle back to intestacy?
  • How to assist your client in selecting who should apply to be the administrator
  • Effect of seperation
  • Consent
  • Documents
  • Minors
  • "Stranger" standing
  • Who is entitled to take on intestacy
  • Adoption
  • Search for potential beneficiaries
  • Obligations in respect of potential claimants
  • Practical advice on administration
  • What happens if a barrier to distrubution is established?
 
DONNELLY, Theresa 2021 150x175 STOKES, Henry 2021 150x175  
Theresa Donnelly
Legal Services Manager, Perpetual Guardian,
Auckland
Henry Stokes
General Counsel, Perpetual Guardian,
Auckland
 
     

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