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UPDATE regarding important changes to the Probate Notice
On 7 June 2013, the Court announced that significant changes would be made to the Online Probate Notice. These changes will still occur, but legal practitioners and their support staff will be given more time to create Online Registry accounts, and prepare by familiarising themselves with the upcoming new features detailed below.
The Court will publish a further announcement soon containing details of the new implementation date. It will also shortly update the content of its Online Probate Notice webpage to reflect the upcoming changes, including instructions on how self-represented litigants can register quickly and easily once the changes occur.
Will the way in which I access the Probate Notice online form change?
Will the form look different once I access it as a registered user?
Will it be quicker for me to complete the online form?
How do I pay for and publish multiple Notices?
When you complete all sections within the online form, you will be given the opportunity to preview your Notice (to check that the data you have entered is correct). You can then either edit the form if you are unhappy with the contents of the Notice, or hit Next and be taken to the "Forms Awaiting Payment" screen.
The screenprints below highlight the new functionality available in this screen.
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How can I use the Online Registry to track the progress of any subsequent application for probate, administration or reseal?
Although you cannot yet file a summons for a grant of probate, letters of administration or reseal online, the Online Registry can still offer you the ability to independently check how the summons you filed over the counter or by post is progressing through the Court.
In the future this record will automatically be added to the Case List section of your Online Registry account; this is the page you will see first when you log in.
When the Court receives any subsequent Summons for a grant of probate, letters of administration or reseal, registry staff will add this application to the same case number associated with the Notice you published online. You can then find the relevant probate case by entering the case number in relevan search field in your Case List.
Once you find the appropriate case, you can simply click on the hyperlink in the Case Title section and then go to the "Judgments & orders" tab to see if the Court has determined the application, and the orders made. The date the order is recorded in the "Judgments & orders" tab is generally the date upon which the Court has posted the grant to your nominated address for service.
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