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208. Applications for grant of probate or letters of administration or resealing

PART 24: NON-CONTENTIOUS PROBATE PROCEEDINGS

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| a widow | “the lawful widow” or, if the deceased was of a religion allowing polygamy, “the only lawful widow” or “one of the lawful widows” as the case may be | | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | a husband | “the lawful husband” | | a father | “the lawful father and next of kin” | | a mother | “the lawful mother and next of kin” or “the lawful mother and only next of kin” | | a child | “the lawful and only child and only next of kin” or “one of the lawful children and next of kin” | | a brother | “the lawful brother” and “one of the next of kin” or “only next of kin” | | a sister | “the lawful sister” and “one of the next of kin” or “only next of kin” | | a nephew | “the lawful nephew” and “one of the next-of-kin” or “only next of kin” | | a niece | “the lawful niece” and “one of the next of kin” or “only next of kin”; if a brother or sister is living and the nephew or niece (being the child of a brother or sister of the intestate who died in his or her lifetime) applies for administration, the niece or nephew shall be described as “one of the persons entitled in distribution to the estate and effects of the deceased” | | a grandparent, grandchild, etc. | “lawful” and “one of the next of kin” or “only next of kin” | | an illegitimate son | “one of the” or “the only” “natural son and a person entitled to take an interest in the estate of the deceased pursuant to section 10 of the Legitimacy Act 1934” | | an illegitimate daughter | “one of the” or “the only” “natural daughter and a person entitled to take an interest in the estate of the deceased pursuant to section 10 of the Legitimacy Act 1934” | | where the deceased died domiciled outside Singapore | \[state relationship] and “the person entrusted with the administration of the estate by the court or authority having jurisdiction in matters of probate at the place where the deceased died domiciled” or “the person entitled to administer the estate by the law of the place where the deceased died domiciled” as the case may be |

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