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Griffin Solicitors
- Legal Firm
- Griffin Solicitors
- Address
- 3/127 Green Oaks Drive
Coolum Beach QLD 4573 - Phone
- 07 5446 4255
- Fax
- 07 5446 4649
- mail@griffinsolicitors.com.au
- Website
- www.griffinsolicitors.com.au
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Peter Griffin
Credentials
Griffin Solicitors has been operating since 1995 and continues to provide clients with high quality legal advice. Proprietor and solicitor, Peter Griffin and his team are pleased to offer their services and advice on a range of legal issues, including Probate. Peter has wide experience in Probate, wills and estate work.
Peter Griffin was admitted as a solicitor in 1987, having completed commerce and law degrees at the Queensland University.
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.