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There is a Supreme Court probate registry in each jurisdiction that deals with probate applications. However, each state and territory has slightly different laws and processes in relation to probate. The main probate legislation is as follows: New South Wales—Probate and Administration Act 1898. [12] Victoria—Administration and Probate Act ...
The Local Court of New South Wales hears civil matters of a monetary value of up to $100,000; mental health matters; family law and/or child care matters; adult criminal proceedings, including committal hearings, and summary prosecutions for summary offences (i.e., offences of a less serious nature) and indictable offences; licensing issues (as the Licensing Court); industrial matters; and ...
New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. Civil registration in Australia of births, deaths and marriages as well other life events (such as changes of name, registration of relationships, adoption or surrogacy arrangements, changes of sex) is carried out and maintained by each state and territory in Australia, in an office called a Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
The building was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [8] [9] Greenway was also responsible for designing the nearby Hyde Park Barracks, recorded on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and St James' Church, listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. [10] [11] [12]
The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages is now an agency within the NSW Department of Customer Service. About 90% of births in the state are now registered online. [6] Northern Territory: In the Northern Territory, the Registrar-General is responsible for both Births, Deaths and Marriages and the Land Titles Office. [7]
The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is a civil law and administrative law tribunal in New South Wales established by statute [1] on 1 January 2014. [ 2 ] It replaced and aggregated the matters of a number of disparate tribunals.
A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.
Upon the death of a person intestate, or of one who left a will without appointing executors, or when the executors appointed by the will cannot or will not act, the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice or the local District Probate Registry will appoint an administrator who performs similar duties to an executor.