16. How to apply for small estate grants
Where a person dies possessed of, or entitled to an estate, the value of which does not exceed the sum specified in the statutory provision of the Member State Antigua & Barbuda – Administration of Small Estates Act, Cap. 8 The Virgin Islands – Administration of Small Estates Act, Cap. 4 Dominica – Administration of Small Estates Act, Ch. 9:06 Grenada – Probate Act, Cap. 255 Montserrat – Administration of Small Estates Act, Cap. 4 St. Christopher & Nevis – Administration of Small Estates Act, Cap. 4 Saint Lucia – Administration of Small Successions Act, Cap. 4.12 St. Vincent & the Grenadines – Administration of Small Estates Act, Cap. 488, and an application has been made for a grant of probate or letters of administration by the person entitled in accordance with the order of priority under rule 10 or 14, as the case may be, the following provisions apply —
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(a) on receipt of the application, the Court shall make such inquiries into the facts stated as it thinks fit;
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(b) the papers required in respect of an application for a grant of probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, shall be filed in accordance with rule 8, 10 or 13 as the case may be, but the applicant is not required —
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(i) to pay any filing fee, and
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(ii) to file a declaration and account of the estate, but the applicant shall set out the information required in the declaration and account of the estate in his or her oath; and
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(c) unless the Court otherwise directs, there must be no advertisement of the application in accordance with rule 15, but the Court shall cause notice of the application to be posted in a conspicuous place in the registry for a period of two weeks before the grant issues.