Wills, Probate and Estates

Wills, Probate and Estates sets out best practice and procedure in the area of wills, trusts, probate, and the administration of estates. The manual provides accessible, practical and thorough coverage of this key topic, including example precedents, and fully explains the legal background to procedures.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction to will drafting


• 2: Basic elements of a will and mutual wills


• 3: The legal personal representative


• 4: Will drafting - the rights of spouses/civil partners, cohabitants, and children


• 5: Instructions, attendance, and execution


• 6: Administration of estates: probate practice and procedure


• 7: Extracting a grant of probate


• 8: Extracting a grant of administration intestate


• 9: Extracting a grant of administration with will annexed


• 10: Second and subsequent grants (de bonis non grants)


• 11: Non-contentious applications (either to the Probate Officer or to the Court)


• 12: Administration after the grant has issued


• 13: Beneficiaries including: spouses/civil partners, cohabitants, and children of the deceased


• 14: Obligations, duties, and claims on the estate


• 15: Distributing the estate, vesting of property, and finalising matters

About the author

Padraic Courtney, Solicitor, and Lecturer and Course Manager, Law Society of Ireland, Nuala Casey, Solicitor, and Consultant, Tutor and Examiner, Law Society of Ireland, Anne Stephenson, Solicitor, and Lecturer and Examiner, Law Society of Ireland, John Glennon, Probate Officer, High Court and Lecturer, Law Society of Ireland

Summary

Wills, Probate and Estates sets out best practice and procedure in the area of wills, trusts, probate, and the administration of estates. The manual provides accessible, practical and thorough coverage of this key topic, including example precedents, and fully explains the legal background to procedures.

Product details

• Authors: Nuala Casey, Nuala (Solicitor Casey, John Glennon, John (Probate Officer Glennon, Glennon John, Anne Stephenson, Anne (Solicitor Stephenson, Stephenson Anne
• Assisted by: Padraic Courtney (Editor), Padraic (Solicitor Courtney (Editor), Courtney Padraic (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780198846888
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884688-8
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: Law Society of Ireland Manuals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Wills, LAW / Legal Services, Ireland, Wills & probate / Succession, Legal skills & practice, Legal skills and practice, Law: wills, probate, succession, inheritance