Probate in multiple locations
Probate in multiple locations
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KAgantua

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5,164 posts

160 months

Monday 11th October 2021
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Hello. Ill be brief. I have a situation.

My mum sadly passed away in January and left a will with me as sole executor/ beneficiary.

Sent to UK government, probate issued. They kept will as public docu.

She had money in Ireland, and it transpires probate needs to be granted there.

Irish Probate want original will.

Can the public document be viewed and certified copied by someone? Has eanyone ever encountered this before please?

Thansk.

matchmaker

9,038 posts

229 months

Monday 11th October 2021
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Don't mean to be rude, but if you Google "certified copy of will from probate registry" a lot of useful links come up. Whether or not a certified copy will be valid for Irish Probate purposes I don't know!

brman

1,233 posts

138 months

Monday 11th October 2021
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Does step 2 in the following link help?
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/death/the_de...

"If the deceased person lived outside of Ireland, you should also send a Court Sealed and Certified copy of the Grant of Representation and will (if there is one) which was issued by the country where the deceased person lived"
I realise it is ambiguous but I read that as meaning a certified copy of the will is what is required.