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Application to court

If an application is made relating to an estate that is involved in a court action where no administrator or executor has been appointed and there is no family member/heir, the Public Guardian and Trustee (PGT) may be served with notice of the application under Estate Administration Act* s. 7 or 41 *The PGT should only be served if the death occurred prior to March 31, 2014.

Information you provide is for the purpose of providing comment or consent on a legal submission. Information is collected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) and other applicable legislation. If you have any questions about the collection, use or disclosure of information, contact the PGT’s Information and Privacy Officer, at 604-660-4444 or mail@trustee.bc.ca.

Legal review application form

Referring party information
For example: name of legal firm
Subjects of Legal Submissions
Subject of Legal Submission 1
Deceased person information, if applicable
Is there a deceased party involved in this submission?
Is there a hearing date set?
Finalize & pay
e.g Reason for serving the PGT, supplemental information, etc.
Is this submission urgent?
Document upload
Required documents:

Petition to the Court (Optional)
Notice of Application (Optional)
Notice of Hearing (Optional)
Application Response (Optional)
Response to Petition (Optional)
Affidavit (Optional)
Requisition (Optional)
Order (Optional)
Order Made After Application (Optional) 
Request to consent to act as Litigation Representative (optional)
Notice of Civil Claim (optional)

Document file types can be any and only these formats: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, .txt, .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff, .tif, .csv, or .png.

Each file must be under 25 MB, and the form has a 150 MB limit for all attachments.

Please do not password-protect files, as this will prevent the PGT's system from scanning for viruses. Files that cannot be checked for viruses will be securely deleted.

Please be advised: You will receive a system-generated email confirming receipt of these documents however, personal service of these documents has not been accepted by the PGT unless and until a member of the PGT Legal Services team confirms service in writing.
Mandatory Fields
Download a copy of your submission for your records before you submit. You will not be able to save a copy of the form after you submit it.
Mandatory Fields
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