How To Apply For A Grant Of Probate As An Executor Of A Will

How do I apply for a Grant of Probate?

A grant of probate is issued by the probate court. The local probate registry are all around the country. You can make an application in person or you can make an application through a solicitor. This solicitor will complete all the necessary documentation and deal with the inheritance tax forms for you. As a solicitor there are some aspects I am not too sure about; such as reference making a personal application, because solicitors simply do not do personalise applications, we lodge our papers differently. We don't have to have personal appointments. I believe that if someone makes a personal application there has to be an appointment at the probate registry. For that particular reason, it takes a considerably longer time if you make your application personally, rather than doing it through a solicitor. But having said that, the name of the game today is do it yourself and lots a people make the application to the probate registry and they seem to do it rather succesfully.