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.