One question we often get asked as Solicitors is: ‘what is probate?’ Usually this is asked by executors of estates who have been told by a bank, for example, to obtain a grant of probate in order for them to be able to release monies held in a deceased person’s name.
Probate has one of two meanings:
Specifically, it is a document that is issued by the Court to grant authority to executors of an estate to enable them to deal with certain estate assets. For example, to sell a property or to collect the proceeds of a bank account if the balanc...
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