Succession and estate legislation
Succession, probate and estate legislation
A focused index for succession, probate, wills, trustee and family provision legislation already in Zoe.
Priority instruments
Common succession and estate lookups
- NSWIn ForceActNo. 80 of 2006
Succession Act 2006
This legislation sets out clear rules for making, changing, revoking, and interpreting wills in New South Wales. It explains who can make a will (generally adults, with court exceptions for minors or people...
898 case citations
- NSWIn ForceActNo. 14 of 1925
Trustee Act 1925
The Trustee Act 1925 sets out the core rules for how trustees must manage trust assets in New South Wales. It covers appointing or removing trustees (for example, if one dies, leaves the state, or becomes...
831 case citations
- NSWIn ForceActNo. 13 of 1898
Probate and Administration Act 1898
What the legislation does The Probate and Administration Act 1898 sets out the legal steps for handling the property of a person who has died in New South Wales. It explains how a court gives official...
344 case citations
- VICIn ForceAct
Trustee Act 1958
The Trustee Act 1958 sets out clear rules for people managing trusts in Victoria. It lets trustees invest trust money in almost any way (unless the trust document says no), but requires them to act carefully...
82 case citations
- VICIn ForceAct
Administration and Probate Act 1958
The Administration and Probate Act 1958 sets out the rules for managing and distributing a person's property (their estate) after they die in Victoria. It covers: Getting official permission: How executors...
40 case citations
- QLDIn ForceActNo. 69 of 1981
Succession Act 1981
The Succession Act 1981 sets out the rules for what happens to a person's property and affairs after they die in Queensland. It covers how to make and change a valid will (including special rules for minors,...
37 case citations
- VICIn ForceAct
Wills Act 1997
The Wills Act 1997 sets out the complete rulebook for creating, changing, cancelling, and interpreting wills in Victoria. It explains who can make a will (generally adults, with court exceptions for minors...
11 case citations
- WAIn ForceAct
Administration Act 1903
The Administration Act 1903 governs how a person's property (their estate) is officially managed and distributed after they die in Western Australia. It sets clear rules for obtaining probate (court approval...
7 case citations
- ACTIn ForceActNo. 15 of 1969
Family Provision Act 1969
The Family Provision Act 1969 lets certain close family members of a person who has died in the Australian Capital Territory ask the Supreme Court to give them a fair share from the deceased's estate (the...
5 case citations
- WAIn ForceAct
Family Provision Act 1972
This law allows certain family members and dependants to ask the Supreme Court of Western Australia for financial help from a deceased person's estate. If a will or the standard intestacy rules (the default...
5 case citations
- WAIn ForceAct
Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Act 1972
This Western Australian law lets close family members and dependants ask the Supreme Court to take money or assets from a dead person's estate (their will or intestacy rules) if it does not give them enough...
4 case citations
- ACTIn ForceActNo. 11 of 1968
Wills Act 1968
What this law does (mechanical summary) Establishes the formal rules for making, changing and revoking wills in the Australian Capital Territory (primary formalities: writing, signature and 2 witnesses) (s 9;...
4 case citations
Current instruments
Probate, wills and family provision material
- SAIn ForceAct
Succession Act 2023
⚠️ Content Unavailable The legislation content for the Succession Act 2023 (SA) could not be retrieved. The link provided returned a "Page Not Found" error from the...
- SAIn ForceAct
Trustee Act 1936
The Trustee Act 1936 (South Australia) is the main law setting out what people appointed to look after assets for others (called trustees) can and must do. It gives...
33 case citations
- TASIn ForceActNo. 34 of 1898
Trustee Act 1898
The Trustee Act 1898 sets the ground rules for people (trustees) who look after money, land, or other assets for someone else (beneficiaries). It lets trustees invest...
9 case citations
- NTIn ForceAct
Trustee Act 1893
What this law does (mechanically) The Trustee Act 1893 sets out the legal powers, duties and processes that apply to people and organisations who act as trustees in the...
1 case citation
- NTIn ForceAct
Administration and Probate Act 1969
What this Act does, who it affects, and how it works This law sets the legal framework for handling the money, land and other property of people who die in the Northern...
3 case citations
- ACTIn ForceActNo. 18 of 1929
Administration and Probate Act 1929
What this law does, in everyday terms This Act sets the rules for what happens to a person’s property after they die in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It tells...
1 case citation
- TASIn ForceActNo. 38 of 1935
Administration and Probate Act 1935
Administration and Probate Act 1935 (Tasmania) What is this law? This is Tasmania's foundational law governing what happens to a person's assets and debts after they...
1 case citation
- NTIn ForceRegulation
ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE REGULATIONS 1983
Administration and Probate Regulations 1983 (2024 Update) These are regulations that support the main Administration and Probate Act — the law governing what happens to...
- VICIn ForceRegulation
Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2016
Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2016 This Victorian regulation sets out the fees charged when a person deposits their will (their legal...
- QLDIn ForceActNo. 10 of 1898
British Probates Act 1898
Read British Probates Act 1898, a act in Zoe.
- QLDIn ForceRegulationNo. 116 of 2018
British Probates Regulation 2018
British Probates Regulation 2018 — Schedule 1 This is a schedule (list/appendix) attached to the British Probates Regulation 2018. It appears to define the geographic...
- WAIn ForceRegulation
Non-contentious Probate Rules 1967
No legislation could be analysed. The link provided does not contain the actual text of the Non-contentious Probate Rules 1967 (Western Australia). Instead, it shows an...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 59 of 2004
Probate Amendment (Fees) Rules 2004
Probate Amendment (Fees) Rules 2004 (Tasmania) This is a Tasmanian subordinate legislation (rules made under an existing law, rather than a standalone Act) that amends...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 104 of 2000
Probate Amendment Rules 2000
Probate Amendment Rules 2000 (Tasmania) This is a Tasmanian procedural instrument that makes amendments to the existing Probate Rules in Tasmania. Probate rules govern...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 23 of 2004
Probate Amendment Rules 2004
Probate Amendment Rules 2004 (Tasmania) This is a piece of Tasmanian subordinate legislation (rules made under a parent Act rather than a standalone law) that amends...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 16 of 2005
Probate Amendment Rules 2005
Probate Amendment Rules 2005 (Tasmania) This is a Tasmanian procedural instrument that makes amendments to the existing Probate Rules in Tasmania. What is probate?...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 157 of 2010
Probate Amendment Rules 2010
Probate Amendment Rules 2010 (Tasmania) This is a Tasmanian piece of secondary legislation (rules made under an existing Act rather than a standalone law) that amends...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 16 of 2011
Probate Amendment Rules 2011
Probate Amendment Rules 2011 (Tasmania) This is a piece of Tasmanian procedural law that makes amendments to the existing Probate Rules — the rules that govern how...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 59 of 2012
Probate Amendment Rules 2012
Probate Amendment Rules 2012 (Tasmania) This is a Tasmanian government instrument that makes changes to the existing rules governing probate — the legal process of...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 4 of 2017
Probate Amendment Rules 2017
Probate Amendment Rules 2017 (Tasmania) This is a Tasmanian procedural instrument that makes amendments to the existing Probate Rules — the formal rules that govern how...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 69 of 2017
Probate Rules 2017
Probate Rules 2017 (Tasmania) This is a set of procedural rules governing how probate (the legal process of proving a deceased person's will is valid and authorising...
- VICIn ForceRegulation
Supreme Court (Administration and Probate) Rules 2023
Supreme Court (Administration and Probate) Rules 2023 This is a set of procedural rules governing how the Supreme Court of Victoria handles matters related to:...
- WAIn ForceAct
Wills Act 1970
What this law does, in plain terms Mechanically, the Wills Act 1970 sets the legal rules for making, changing, revoking and interpreting wills in Western Australia. It...
3 case citations