PROBATE

The guide to obtaining grant of probate and administering the estate 3rd edition

Gordon Bowley LLB

• PRICE £9.99
• EXTENT 208 pages
• BINDING Paperback
• FORMAT 234 x 153 mm
• ISBN 978-1-84528-409-1
• PUB DATE 30 April 2010
• BIC CODE LNW, VSD
• CATEGORY Family Reference
• TERRITORIES World Rights

REVIEWS

‘An easy to follow book aimed at the layperson…tells you all you need to know.’ Active Life

‘A simple and practical guide to an extremely complex and emotive subject.’ Heffers bookshop website

KEY POINTS

• New thoroughly updated edition of this thorough, straightforward handbook
• Equips you to manage the legal and financial side of a death yourself, reducing legal costs
• Written by a solicitor specialising in wills and probate
• Contains the necessary specimen forms and letters plus useful addresses

GORDON BOWLEY practised as a family solicitor for over thirty years, with particular experience in wills and probate. When he retired as a senior partner he decided to write a step-by-step guide for his own family to use, giving them the procedures to follow and the information they will require to wind up his affairs themselves. Gordon is also the author of How To Make Your Own Will.

CONTENTS

PART ONE: How to proceed on a death

• 1.Dying
• 2.Certifying the death
• 3.Registering the death
• 4.Arranging the funeral
• 5.The funeral
• 6.Bereavement and other social security benefits

PART TWO: Winding up money matters

• 7.Who can and should wind up money matters?
• 8.Winding up an estate yourself
• 9.Paying off debts and discharging the liabilities of the estate
• 10.Distributing the remaining assets