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Baggiolegal
- Legal Firm
- Baggiolegal
- Address
- Dequetteville Chambers
1 Dequetteville Terrace
Kent Town SA 5067 - Phone
- 08 8132 5000
- Fax
- 08 8363 1633
- andrew@baggiolegal.com.au
- Website
- www.baggiolegal.com.au
Contact
Andrew Baggio
Credentials
Baggiolegal is a boutique law firm.
Our areas of expertise include the drafting of wills, testamentary trusts, powers of attorney/ guardianship, applications for grants of probate and letters of administration, estate administration, estate planning, taxation and business/ family/ investment structures (with a particular expertise in trusts).
Our principal, Andrew Baggio, has over 10 years domestic and international experience in complex commercial, tax and private client law.
Why Grant of Probate | Letters of Administration?
When someone dies leaving a Will, its executor must get in the deceased's property, file tax returns, pay debts, and then distribute net assets to beneficiaries.
These dutiful tasks can only be accomplished after a Probate Court validates the Will by a Grant of Probate, permitting the executor to proceed with impunity.
When there is no Will, the Probate Court grants Letters of Administration, appointing an "administrator" to the Estate.
Administrators and executors are trustees with identical responsibilities, and are the personal legal representative of their deceased Estate. But because there's no will and therefore no beneficiaries, administrators are entrusted to distribute an Estate's net assets to stipulated persons in accordance with inheritance laws.
Each is answerable to the Probate Court, and both may be required to file verified accounts.
This website is dedicated to helping you find a Probate Lawyer located near you to assist executors and close relatives of deceased persons with these complex legal responsilbities.
Most of our Probate Lawyers offer free legal advice on first telephone contact.