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ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 37

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 37

37—If executor or administrator out of jurisdiction, special administrator may be appointed

If at the expiration of twelve months from the death of any person the executor to whom probate of the will, or the administrator to whom administration of the personal estate or of the estate of such deceased person has been granted, is residing out of this State, the Court may, upon the application of a spouse or domestic partner, or of any creditor or next of kin, or of any person interested under the will, or of the Public Trustee, grant to the applicant special administration, limited to the collection, management, and distribution of the estate of such deceased person, and to cease upon the return of the executor or administrator to this State, and an order being made for the rescission thereof as hereinafter mentioned.