What is a Grant De Bonis Non?
Grant De Bonis Non is required when the person being appointed as the Executor under a Grant of Probate or an Administrator under Letters of Administration of an estate, dies without leaving a will (dying intestate) leaving part of the first estate un-administered.
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How to obtain a Grant De Bonis Non
Applying for this document is more or less the same as applying for probate under Letters of Administration. The Administrator of this new estate will need to know the value of the estate which is left un-administered.
Whoever applies for the Grant in this scenario is not necessarily the same person who applies for administration of the estate of the second to die.
Example
Let us clarify by outlining the following situation:
John passes away in 2014 leaving no will, he has no parents, no children but two brothers Peter and Paul. Paul steps up to apply for Probate for John and he does so obtaining a Grant of Letters Administration. Then Paul deals with most of the estate but for one reason or another he leaves money in a bank account still belonging to John. Paul is married but does not have a will, he subsequently dies. Probate is required to deal with Paul’s estate and his wife is the rightful administrator.
So Paul’s wife apples for the Grant of Administration and this is granted. When it comes to going back to the John’s bank to claim the money, as the administrator of Paul’s estate, she cannot. The bank would say that she is not entitled to deal with John’s estate. This is because by not making a Will Paul has broken the chain of representation.
Thus in this scenario it goes back to John’s family to apply for the Grant De Bonis non and this can can only be done by Peter.
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