Terms of reference

• To inquire into and report on the existing law and procedrue relating to succession and to recommend and draft a model State and Territories law on succession.
• In undertaking this inquiry the Commission is to consult with the Queensland Law Reform Commission which has accepted responsibility for the co-ordination of a uniform succession laws project.

Consultation Papers
Issues Paper 10 - Uniform Succession Laws: The Law of Wills (February 1996)
Issues Paper 11 - Uniform Succession Laws: Family Provision (February 1996)
Discussion Paper 42 - Uniform Succession Laws: Administration of Estates of Deceased Persons (October 1999)
Issues Paper 21 - Uniform Succession Laws: Recognition of interstate and foreign grants of probate and letters of administration (May 2002)
Issues Paper 26 - Uniform Succession Laws: Intestacy (April 2005)
Research Report 13 - I give, devise and bequeath: an empirical study of testators' choice of beneficiaries (February 2006)

Reports
Report 85 - Uniform Succession Laws: The Law of Wills (April 1998)
Report 110 - Uniform Succession Laws: Family Provision (May 2005)
Report 116 - Uniform Succession Laws: Intestacy (April 2007)
See also: Digest; Media Release (26 July 2005); Media Release (14 March 2006)