The Public Trustee can provide the following services to Private Executors following the death of the testator:

• Full Administration of the Estate.
  The executor renounces, or for some other reason cannot act, The Public Trustee can administer the estate under Section 29 or Section 35 of the Public Trustee Act 1978.
  
  
• Record of Death Only.
  The only action taken by The Public Trustee is to lodge a Record a Death on jointly held land on behalf of a survivor, or to attend to other joint assets into the name of the survivor. No action is required by The Public Trustee to assist the executor with private probate services.
  
• Private Executor Land Dealings where a Grant of Probate is not required.
  The Public Trustee will prepare the Transmission by Death application for an interest in land on behalf of a private executor. The private executor is not required to renounce executorship.
  
• Private Executor Administration Services where a Grant of Probate is required.
  
  The Public Trustee provides professional assistance in the provision of estate administration services. Services include:
  
  
  • Taking administrative responsibility in realising or transferring assets;
  • Certifying and paying liabilities and legacies;
  • Establishing a Plan of Distribution; and
  • Attending to associated services of preparing documents, such as Land and Income Tax Returns, Record of Death or Transmission by Death documents.
    
• Private Probate Application where a Grant of Probate is required.
  The Public Trustee will prepare and lodge in the Supreme Court the probate application.

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