Estates
If someone has died, their property will be distributed either according to the Will they wrote or, if they did not have a Will, according to the law.
If there is a Will, the Executor named in the Will must apply to court for a ‘grant of letters probate’. That document then enables the Executor to transfer the assets of the deceased into their name as executor so they can sell or distribute the asset according to the terms of the Will.
To do that, the Executor must gather a list of the assets and debts of the deceased, find the original will, notify beneficiaries under the Will and people who would have been entitled to a share of property if there had been no Will, and present that information in a specific format to the Probate Registry of the B.C. Supreme Court.
If there is no Will, there is a parallel process, but an individual must make an application to become the ‘administrator’ of the estate of the person who died.
We are no longer able to help with Estates. We recommend Monique Shebbeare.
If there is a Will, the Executor named in the Will must apply to court for a ‘grant of letters probate’. That document then enables the Executor to transfer the assets of the deceased into their name as executor so they can sell or distribute the asset according to the terms of the Will.
To do that, the Executor must gather a list of the assets and debts of the deceased, find the original will, notify beneficiaries under the Will and people who would have been entitled to a share of property if there had been no Will, and present that information in a specific format to the Probate Registry of the B.C. Supreme Court.
If there is no Will, there is a parallel process, but an individual must make an application to become the ‘administrator’ of the estate of the person who died.
We are no longer able to help with Estates. We recommend Monique Shebbeare.
