‘Common Queries; Limited, Special & Foreign Grants; Applications to The Probate Officer’

In this session, the High Court Probate Officer takes us through the most recent changes and updates in Probate practice & procedure, including the most common mistakes we make that cause queries and delays, the ever increasing number of foreign domicile applications, changes in the Probate Office itself, and what’s coming for Probate.

Topics Covered Include:

• Our Most Common Mistakes That Cause of Delays & Queries
• The Probate Officer’s:
  • Powers
  • Orders
• Rival Applications
• Applications by Guardians
• Incorporation of Documents
• Persons of Unsound Mind & the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015
• Applications under Powers of Attorney:
  • Persons Suffering From “severe continuing physical disability” - Order 79 Rule 23
• Foreign Domicile Applications
• Foreign Wills
• Applications to Probate Court:
  • Section 27(4) applications
  • Original Will lost
  • Set aside a Caveat
  • Testamentary Capacity
  • Ad Litem Grant
  • Rival Applications
  • Where deceased may have to be presumed dead
  • Simultaneous death

Speaker

Anne Heenan is the High Court Probate Officer. She spent all of her Civil Service career to date in the Courts Service, initially spending 11 years in the Probate Office before taking a secondment opportunity with the HSE for 4 years. On her return to the Courts Service in 2010, Anne served in a number of different offices, including the Reform and Development Directorate and the Carlow Combined Court Office. She spent 2 years as Court Registrar in the Court of Appeal before returning to the Probate Office in 2017 as Deputy Probate Officer, and was permanently appointed to the position of Probate Officer in October 2023.

Category of CPD:	Category A (General)
Duration:	0.75 Hours