Supreme Court Civil Rules - probate forms

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Forms are provided in alphabetical order, but can be viewed in numerical order.

Affidavit in support of application for estate grant (P8)

Affidavit in support of application for resealing (Form P24)

Affidavit in support of application to pass accounts (Form P38)

Affidavit of applicant for ancillary grant of probate or ancillary grant of administration with will annexed (Form P6)

Affidavit of applicant for ancillary grant of administration without will annexed (Form P7)

Affidavit of applicant for grant of probate or grant of administration with will annexed (short form) (Form P3)

Affidavit of applicant for grant of probate or grant of administration with will annexed (long form) (Form P4)

Affidavit of applicant for grant of administration without will annexed (Form P5)

Affidavit of applicant for resealing of grant of probate or grant of administration with will annexed (Form P22)

Affidavit of applicant for resealing of grant of administration without will annexed
(Form P23)

Affidavit of assets and liabilities for domiciled estate grant (Form P10)

Affidavit of assets and liabilities for non-domiciled estate grant (Form P11)

Affidavit of assets and liabilities for resealing (Form P25)

Affidavit of deemed renunciation (Form P34)

Affidavit of delivery (Form P9)

Affidavit of electronic will (Form P45)

Affidavit of interlineation, erasure, obliteration or other alteration (Form P16)

Affidavit of translator (Form P12)

Answer to citation (Form P33)

Authorization to obtain estate information (P18)

Authorization to obtain resealing information (Form P27)

Certificate (Form P39)

Certificate of resealing (Form P28)

Citation (Form P32)

Correction record (Form P20)

Correction record for style of proceedings (Form P20.1)

Demand for electronic will (Form P46)

Direction of public guardian and trustee (Form P13)

Estate grant  (Form P19)

Notice of application (spousal home or deficiencies in will) (Form P42)

Notice of dispute (Form P29)

Notice of proposed application in relation to estate (Form P1)

Notice of renunciation (Form P17)

Notice of withdrawal of application (Form P44)

Order for removal of notice of dispute (Form P31)

Petition to the court - Estate proceedings (Form P43)

Request for document required by judicial authority of another jurisdiction (Form 30.1, used also for Probate)

Requisition - Estates (Form P41)

Requisition for subpoena (Form P35)

Statement of account affidavit (Form P40)

Submission for resealing (Form P21)

Subpoena (Form P37)

Submission for estate grant (Form P2)

Supplemental affidavit of assets and liabilities for domiciled estate grant (Form P14)

Supplemental affidavit of assets and liabilities for non-domiciled estate grant (Form P15)

Supplemental affidavit of assets and liabilities for resealing (Form P26)

Warrant after subpoena (Form P36)

Withdrawal of notice of dispute (Form P30)