Wills, Probate & Estates

Wills, Probate & Estates provides an excellent overview of the subject area from a practical perspective, and is the only book of its kind published specifically for the Irish jurisdiction.

Wills, Probate & Estates instructs students in best practice and procedure in the area of wills, trusts, probate and the administration of estates. This manual provides accessible, practical and thorough coverage of this key topic, including example precedents and fully explaining the legal background to procedures.

1: Introduction to Will Drafting; 2: Basic Elements of a Will and Mutual Wills; 3: The Legal Personal Representative; 4: Spouses' and Children's Rights: Will Drafting; 5: Taking Instructions and Drafting an Attendance on Same and the Execution of a Will; 6: Introduction to Trusts and their Legal Context; 7: Creation and Use of Trusts in Wills and their Administration; 8: Introduction to Administration of Estates; 9: Introduction to Probate Practice; 10: Extracting a Grant of Administration with Will Annexed; 11: Extracting a Grant of Administration Intestate; 12: Second and Subsequent Grants ( De Bonis Non Grants); 13: Non-Contentious Applications (Either to the Probate Officer or to the Court); 14: Initial Steps After the Grant has Issued; 15: Spouses' and Children's Rights: Personal Representatives' Duties; 16: Benefits and Beneficiaries; 17: Obligations, Duties and Claims on the Estate; 18: Distributing the Estate and Vesting of Property; 19: Finalising Matters