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
Sets the formal rules for making, changing and revoking wills in the ACT, provides court routes to validate or authorise non‑standard or incapacity‑era testamentary documents, and recognises certain foreign...
4 case citations
Current instruments
Probate, wills and family provision material
- SAIn ForceAct
Succession Act 2023
This Act consolidates South Australian law on wills, probate, administration, intestacy and family provision and repeals earlier Acts. It fixes formal requirements for...
- 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
The Trustee Act 1893 (NT) defines trustees’ powers, duties and remedies: it gives trustees broad investment and property‑management authority, sets standards of care...
1 case citation
- NTIn ForceAct
Administration and Probate Act 1969
This Act sets the legal framework for dealing with money, land and other property of people who die in the Northern Territory: how the Supreme Court or Registrar grants...
3 case citations
- ACTIn ForceActNo. 18 of 1929
Administration and Probate Act 1929
This Act is the ACT’s code for administering deceased estates: it governs who may act for an estate, how courts and the public trustee intervene, how intestate and...
1 case citation
- TASIn ForceActNo. 38 of 1935
Administration and Probate Act 1935
This Act modernises and consolidates probate and estate administration law, setting who may act for a deceased person (executors, administrators, trust corporations),...
1 case citation
- NTIn ForceRegulation
ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE REGULATIONS 1983
These Northern Territory regulations set the practical rules for administering deceased estates under the Administration and Probate Act 1969. They fix fees, list...
- 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...
- VICIn ForceRegulation
Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2026
These Victorian regulations set fees for depositing a will with the registrar of probates and getting a deposited will delivered: 1.6 and 2.7 fee units respectively....
- 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
This schedule sets out the geographic scope for the British Probates Regulation 2018 by listing Australian states and territories and other places whose probate...
- WAIn ForceRegulation
Non-contentious Probate Rules 1967
These rules set the court procedure for non‑contentious probate and administration in Western Australia. They tell executors, administrators, the Public Trustee,...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 59 of 2004
Probate Amendment (Fees) Rules 2004
This subordinate rule updates the court fees charged for probate and related services in Tasmania. It affects executors, administrators, lawyers and anyone dealing with...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 104 of 2000
Probate Amendment Rules 2000
This instrument amends Tasmania’s Probate Rules — the court procedures for proving wills and authorising estate administration. It affects executors, administrators,...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 23 of 2004
Probate Amendment Rules 2004
This instrument amends the Tasmanian Probate Rules — the court procedures for granting probate or administration of a deceased person’s estate. It applies in Tasmania,...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 16 of 2005
Probate Amendment Rules 2005
This Tasmanian procedural instrument amends the Probate Rules, affecting executors, administrators of intestate estates, practitioners and the Supreme Court’s handling...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 157 of 2010
Probate Amendment Rules 2010
This instrument amends Tasmania’s Probate Rules, changing the court procedures for recognising wills and administering estates. It affects executors, administrators,...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 16 of 2011
Probate Amendment Rules 2011
This instrument amends Tasmania’s Probate Rules, updating the procedural framework courts use to process probate applications. It has been in force since 13 April 2011....
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 59 of 2012
Probate Amendment Rules 2012
The Probate Amendment Rules 2012 (Tasmania) amend existing Tasmanian probate rules governing how wills are proved and estates are administered. They affect executors,...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 4 of 2017
Probate Amendment Rules 2017
The Probate Amendment Rules 2017 (Tasmania) are a subordinate instrument that updates the court procedures governing probate in Tasmania, affecting executors,...
- TASIn ForceRegulationNo. 69 of 2017
Probate Rules 2017
These Rules prescribe court procedure for obtaining probate, letters of administration and reseals. They allocate decision‑making between the Registrar and judges, set...
- VICIn ForceRegulation
Supreme Court (Administration and Probate) Rules 2023
These Rules remake Chapter III of the Supreme Court Rules to set how probate and administration matters are run: they require electronic filing in RedCrest‑Probate...