Important forms notice
Members of the Law Society of Alberta filing grant applications for probate are required to use the Surrogate Digital Service (SDS).
Members of the Law Society filing grant applications other than probate must include a GA1 Submission Eligibility Form (PDF, 35 KB) with each application indicating why it is not eligible to be processed through the SDS.
Self-represented applicants are not required to use this form.
Non-contentious matters
These fillable forms are for legal professionals and people who are representing themselves under the Surrogate Rules in the Court of King's Bench dealing with matters of:
- probate
- administration of a deceased’s estate
- trusteeship of minor’s property
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Grant Application (GA) forms – for applications filed with the court on or after June 15, 2022
- GA1 – Grant Application (CTS12964) (PDF, 188 KB)
- GA1 Submission Eligibility Form (PDF, 35 KB) For lawyer's use only
- GA2 – Inventory (CTS12965) (PDF, 87 KB)
- GA3 – Notice to Beneficiaries and Other Interested Parties (CTS12966) (PDF, 62 KB)
- GA4 – Notice to the Public Trustee (CTS12967) (PDF, 69 KB)
- GA5 – Affidavit of Service (CTS12968) (PDF, 55 KB)
- GA7 – Notice of Grant Issuing (CTS12970) (PDF, 48 KB)
- GA8 – Affidavit of Witness to a Will (CTS12971) (PDF, 53 KB)
- GA9 – Affidavit of Handwriting (CTS12972) (PDF, 54 KB)
- GA10 – Affidavit Verifying Translation of a Non-English Will (CTS12973) (PDF, 54 KB)
- GA11 – Renunciation (CTS12974) (PDF, 52 KB)
- GA12 – Reservation of Right to Apply for a Grant (CTS12975) (PDF, 53 KB)
- GA13 – Nomination (CTS12976) (PDF, 52 KB)
- GA14 – Beneficiary’s Consent to Waive or Reduce Bond (CTS12977) (PDF, 53 KB)
- GA15 – Notice to Creditors and Claimants (CTS12978) (PDF, 50 KB)
- GA16 – Statutory Declaration of Publication (CTS12979) (PDF, 53 KB)
- GA17 – Statutory Declaration by Creditors and Claimants (CTS12980) (PDF, 54 KB)
- GA18 – Renunciation of Trusteeship (CTS12981) (PDF, 53 KB)
- GA20 – Affidavit of Trustee (CTS12983) (PDF, 52 KB)
Minors’ Property Act (MP) forms – for applications filed with the court on or after June 15, 2022
- MP1 – Application for an Order Appointing a Trustee of a Minor’s Property (CTS12985) (PDF, 53 KB)
- MP2 – Affidavit on Application for an Order Appointing a Trustee of a Minor’s Property (CTS12986) (PDF, 68 KB)
- MP3 – Minor’s Consent to Appointment of Trustee (CTS12987) (PDF, 50 KB)
- MP4 – Notice to Parent or Guardian of Application to Appoint a Trustee of a Minor’s Property (CTS12988) (PDF, 51 KB)
- MP5 – Notice to Public Trustee of Application to Appoint a Trustee of a Minor’s Property (CTS12989) (PDF, 51 KB)
- MP6 – Response of Parent or Guardian to Application to Appoint a Trustee of a Minor’s Property (CTS12990) (PDF, 51 KB)
- MP7 – Order Appointing a Trustee of a Minor’s Property (CTS12991) (PDF, 52 KB)
Non-contentious matter (NC) forms – for applications filed with the court on or before June 14, 2022
- NC 1 – Application by personal representative(s) for a grant (CTS3893) (PDF, 76 KB)
- NC 2 – Affidavit by the personal representative(s) on application for a grant (CTS3894) (PDF, 82 KB)
- NC 3 – Schedule 1: Deceased (CTS3895) (PDF, 90 KB)
- NC 4 – Schedule 2: Will (CTS3896) (PDF, 68 KB)
- NC 5 – Schedule 3: Personal representative(s) (CTS3897) (PDF, 76 KB)
- NC 6 – Schedule 4: Beneficiaries (CTS3898) (PDF, 73 KB)
- NC 6.1 – Acknowledgement of Trustee(s) (CTS12274) (PDF, 80 KB)
- NC 7 – Schedule 5: Inventory of property and debts (CTS3900) (PDF, 80 KB)
- NC 8 – Affidavit of witness to a will (CTS3901) (PDF, 71 KB)
- NC 9 – Affidavit of handwriting of deceased (CTS3902) (PDF, 67 KB)
- NC 10 – Affidavit verifying translation of non-English will (CTS12276) (PDF, 66 KB)
- NC 11 – Affidavit of witness to signature (CTS12277) (PDF, 67 KB)
- NC 12 – Renunciation of probate (CTS12278) (PDF, 65 KB)
- NC 12.1 – Renunciation of trusteeship (CTS12603) (DOCM, 33 KB)
- NC 13 – Reservation of right to apply for grant of probate (CTS12279) (PDF, 65 KB)
- NC 14 – Renunciation of administration with will annexed (CTS12280) (PDF, 65 KB)
- NC 15 – Renunciation of administration (CTS12281) (PDF, 65 KB)
- NC 16 – Nomination and consent to appointment of personal representative (CTS12282) (PDF, 69 KB)
- NC 17 – Affidavit to dispense with a bond (CTS12284) (PDF, 74 KB)
- NC 18 – Consent to waive bond (CTS12285) (PDF, 64 KB)
- NC 19 – Notice to beneficiaries (residuary) (CTS3915) (PDF, 66 KB)
- NC 20 – Notice to beneficiaries (non-residuary) (CTS3916) (PDF, 66 KB)
- NC 20.1 – Notice of void gift (CTS12290) (PDF, 67 KB)
- NC 21 – Notice to beneficiaries (intestacy) (CTS3920) (PDF, 66 KB)
- NC 22 – Notice to spouse of deceased – Matrimonial Property Act (CTS12289) (PDF, 62 KB)
- NC 23 – Notice to spouse/adult interdependent partner of deceased – Family Maintenance and Support (CTS12293) (PDF, 63 KB)
- NC 24 – Notice to dependent child of the deceased – Family Maintenance and Support (CTS12294) (PDF, 65 KB)
- NC 24.1 – Notice to the Public Trustee (CTS12295) (PDF, 71 KB)
- NC 25 – Affidavit regarding missing or unknown beneficiaries (CTS12296) (PDF, 70 KB)
- NC 27 – Affidavit of service (CTS3927) (PDF, 67 KB)
- NC 28 – Application by the attorney for the personal representative(s) for a grant (CTS12299) (PDF, 69 KB)
- NC 29 – Affidavit by the attorney for the personal representative(s) on application for a grant (CTS12300) (PDF, 75 KB)
- NC 30 – Application by a personal representative for a grant of double probate (CTS12301) (PDF, 79 KB)
- NC 31 – Affidavit by a personal representative on application for a grant of double probate (CTS12302) (PDF, 78 KB)
- NC 32 – Application by the personal representative(s) for a resealing or ancillary grant (CTS12303) (PDF, 74 KB)
- NC 33 – Affidavit by the personal representative(s) on application for a resealing or ancillary grant (CTS12304) (PDF, 80 KB)
- NC 34 – Notice to Creditors and Claimants (CTS12305) (PDF, 48 KB)
- NC 34.1 – Statutory Declaration of Publication (CTS12306) (PDF, 72 KB)
- NC 35 – Statutory declaration by creditors and claimants (CTS12316) (PDF, 66 KB)
- NC 43 – Application for a grant of trusteeship of the estate of a minor child (CTS12317) (PDF, 73 KB)
- NC 44 – Affidavit on application for a grant of trusteeship of the estate of a minor child (CTS12318) (PDF, 88 KB)
- NC 45 – Election of a trustee by a minor (CTS12319) (PDF, 83 KB)
- NC 46 – Notice concerning a minor child (CTS12320) (PDF, 66 KB)
- NC 46.1 – Notice to Public Trustee of application to appoint a trustee of a minor’s property (CTS12604) (DOCX, 22 KB)
- NC 46.2 – Response of Parent or Guardian to application to appoint a trustee of a minor’s property (CTS12605) (DOCX, 21 KB)
- NC 48 – Order appointing a trustee of a minor’s property (DOCX, 30 KB)
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Surrogate rules and forms package
Contains general information on the process to administer the estate of a deceased person, including information about the forms necessary to apply to the Court of Kings’s Bench for a Grant of Probate or Grant of Administration. The package also includes a link to all applicable court forms required for your application.
The package would be suitable for citizens who wish to file these applications themselves – when an application is not complex in nature.
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