SUPREME COURT RULES 1970 - SECT 78.10 Documents to accompany application for grant of probate or administration

SUPREME COURT RULES 1970 - SECT 78.10

78.10 Documents to accompany application for grant of probate or administration

(1A) An application for the grant of probate or administration made using the New South Wales Online Registry website must be accompanied by electronic copies of the following documents where applicable--

(a) the will, any codicils and any testamentary instruments,

(b) a certified copy of the relevant death certificate.

(1) Subject to subrule (1A), an application for the grant of probate or administration made in a form approved by the Principal Registrar or the Prothonotary must be accompanied by--

(a) 2 separate sets of the following documents, each stapled together on the left hand side, in the following order--

(i) the proposed form of the grant of probate or administration,

(ii) if applicable, a copy of the will and any codicils,

(iii) an inventory of the assets of the estate, and

(b) if applicable, a certified copy of the relevant death certificate, and

(c) a stamped self-addressed A4 envelope.

(2) Without limiting rule 4.3 (1) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 , archival paper may be used for the proposed form of the grant of probate.

(3) Unless the court otherwise orders, the certified copy of the death certificate referred to in subrule (1) (b) is to be returned to the applicant when the grant of probate or administration is made.