You can fill out one of the complicated and time-consuming probate application forms if you are applying for a grant of probate on your own, or our committed team of probate solicitors will take care of everything. It's crucial to comprehend your responsibilities and the personal liabilities you'll be accepting if you choose to apply for probate alone.
Forms
for inheritance taxes
Regardless of whether
inheritance tax is due on the deceased's assets, you will also need to fill out
a tax form. Until you confirm that no inheritance tax is due or until it has
verified to the probate record that the grant can be made, the probate registry
will not issue a grant of probate.
Looking
through the probate register
If you are handling
probate on your own, you might need to go to the probate register. To avoid
having to go to a probate register office, our Probate registry Kent
will handle everything if you let our probate attorneys to handle your probate.
Wills can be safely
stored through the probate register and you can either have someone else
deliver your will to the probate registry on your behalf, or you can deposit it
in person or by mail. You will need to give them a letter of authority to act
on your behalf if you ask them to deposit your will.
When you arrange a time
to deposit the will, a Probate Services Officer will be there to fill out an
envelope with your information and seal it within. The envelope will be signed
by the officer. It will subsequently be transferred to the Principal Probate
Registry for preservation. Within two weeks, the probate register will send you
a certificate of deposit attesting to its safe reception.
If you register a
caveat, you might also need to go to the probate registry. When someone has a
good reason to object to a grant application, a caveat can be used to stop the
grant of probate from being granted. One of our probate solicitors can record a
caveat on your behalf, or you can attend to any probate registry.