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Wills & Estates · coming soon

Probate application

The application for a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee (the Form 74 series), prepared from your answers, with a guide to the notices, the estate administration tax and filing at the court.

✓ About 40 minutes to answer✓ Pay once, at the end✓ Ontario lawyers a click away

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It is for you if

You are the executor named in a will (or the closest relative when there is none), the estate is in Ontario and nobody is contesting it.

What it will include

  • The application and the affidavits in the Form 74 series
  • The notice of application to the beneficiaries
  • The estate administration tax worksheet
  • A guide to serving the notices, filing and what comes after the certificate

Not included

  • The estate administration tax (paid by the estate to the court)
  • Contested estates, dependant’s relief claims or litigation
  • Tax returns for the estate