C.C.S.M. c. C290

The Court of King's Bench Surrogate Practice Act

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Table of Contents

1		Definitions
2		Interpretation
3	(1)	[Repealed]
	(2)	Preservation of documents
4		Deputy registrars to report to registrar
5		Officers not to take fees
6		Jurisdiction
7		Administration not granted to non-residents
	(2)	Security for probate granted to non-resident of Canada
	(3)	Application to resealing
8		Where probate or administration granted
9		Judges executor, etc.
10		General effect of grant
11		Production of testamentary documents
	(2)	Examination of persons touching documents
	(3)	Liability of persons to orders
12		Limited grant of administration
13		Probate to trust company alone
	(2)	Probate to trust company jointly with others
	(3)	Power of trust company
	(4)	Grant of administration to trust company
	(5)	Officer of trust authorized to act
14		General power of court to appoint
15		Party applying not next of kin
16		Temporary administration
	(2)	Security
17		Administration pending litigation
18		Consequence of renouncing probate
19		Citation to prove or renounce
20		Consequences of failure to prove will
21		Where infant sole executor
22		Application and proofs required
	(2)	Evidence as to validity and execution
	(3)	Evidence of witness
	(4)	Where witness not available
	(5)	Evidence as to holograph will
	(6)	Probating notarial will
23		Affidavit sufficient for jurisdiction
24		Filing inventory
	(2)	Property discovered after grant
	(3)	Inventory upon limited grant
25		Bond of administrator
	(2)	More than one bond
	(3)	Amount of bond
	(4)	Dispensing with bond and sureties
	(5)	Where no sureties required
	(6)	Where only one surety required
	(7)	Bond of surety company
	(8)	Deposit of money or securities
26		Reducing bond
27		Assignment of bond
28		Accounting under oaths and bonds
29		New or additional security
	(2)	Application
30		Substitution of security
	(2)	Application
31		Cancellation of security
32		Transmission of application to registrar
33		Wills and bonds not transmitted
34		Inquiry by registrar
35		Certificate of registrar
36		No grant without certificate of registrar
37		Application to more than one judicial centre
	(2)	Costs
	(3)	Decision final
38		Caveats lodged
39		Notice of caveats
40		Notice of contentious matters
41		Accounting by executor
42		Accounts of guardians
43		Jurisdiction on passing accounts
	(2)	Notice of accounting
	(3)	Notice where infant or incompetent person affected
	(4)	Appointment of expert to assist
44		Accounting at request of person interested
45		Order for payment of money
46		Effect of accounting in court
47		Summary administration of small estates
	(2)	Payment of claim by Minister of Finance
	(3)	Application of certain provisions excluded
48		Receiving foreign grants
	(2)	Certified copy of grants
	(3)	Translation of testamentary documents
	(4)	Letters of verification a probate
49		Security required
50		Application of section 48
51		On administration executor not to act
52		Proceedings continued regardless of revocation
53		Certified copies
54		Certificates of search
55		Appointment of Public Guardian and Trustee to act in estate
56 and 57		[Repealed]