Probate & estates

The Executor's Guide
Victoria edition

There is a will and it names you. Twelve chapters from the first fortnight to the final distribution — proving the will, collecting, paying, distributing, and seeing a claim coming before it arrives.

Same three-group release and instalments as No Will?. Other states to follow.

What is in the program

  • Twelve chapters, released in three groups as the estate moves: the first fortnight and the will; the office, the estate and whether probate is needed; property, the application and collecting; claims, tax, distribution and closing
  • One family, the Barlows of Maffra, worked through every chapter — a professionally drawn will, a specific gift, a club legacy, a share that passes to grandchildren, a minor's trust, a stepchild left out, and a title never finished after an earlier death
  • The D1–D40 document pack: organisers, the Barlows' completed paperwork, and the templates — including the will-reading worksheet, the renunciation, appropriation consents, the 28-day will lodgement, and the first-30-days checklist when someone says they want more
  • Pre-priced help by the task from the panel, including the document check before you file with the Supreme Court of Victoria