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The phrase death certificate can refer either to a legal document issued by a medical practitioner and signed by a doctor which states the time, month, hour, cause, minute, year, day, and month of a person’s death or of a person’s or, popularly, to a document issued by a person such as a registrar of vital statistics that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

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    NSW Changing a Death Certificate

    Hi, early 2023 my uncle in the UK passed away, probate occured early this year, but his will was dated back to 1991. My uncle assigned a portion of his estate to my father, who unfortunately passed away in 2013. The will stated that in my fathers passing that my fathers children would be...
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    Solicitor certified copy of death certificate knowing it was a false document.

    A Family member completed the Death Certificate of another family member who died, the information left of her husband and three daughters. He did this to make it easier to claim property that the deceased had overseas as he was the only sibling or relative on the death certificate. He then...
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    QLD Death certificate has an error about deceased children. 2 are living 1 is deceased.

    My husbands Qld death certificate is incorrect. 2 children living. 1 deceased
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    NSW Wrong info on our dad's Death Certificate, his whole case is a shambles

    I have just received my father's death certificate, and I the daughter am from New Zealand is not happy with the informants incorrect details given. My dad has live in Sydney for 32yrs, he met the informant years ago which was my dads ex partner they ended up being friends and she became a...
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    SA Rights to Property When Partner Died Without a Will?

    History to Date I’m not sure where to start but I guess the beginning would be the best place. Firstly, I guess I’m looking for advice on several different things. 1. The estate of my late fiancé. 2. The family partnership between C and myself. (C and F Degenhardt) 3...
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    VIC Applying for Partial Distribution of Deceased Estate?

    My brother and I are co-executors of my late mother's deceased estate. Our mother passed away January 29th this year (2018). We have a lawyer, however I am getting no response from emails I have sent to him. Last correspondence was 23rd February, advising a Grant of Probate would be necessary...
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    Death certificate for probate

    We have a death certificate for a relative that says, for cause of death:- The finding of the coroner has not yet been received. In response to a special request this certified copy is issued without particulars of cause of death. Is this adequate to apply for probate or do we have...
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    VIC Hypothetical for Book I am Writing

    I am writing a book set in Victoria in modern times. If the wife spent money that wasn't there, not knowing that the husband had huge gambling debts, would she be responsible to pay for them if the estate and insurance etc. is insufficient if the husband died? If not, what can I do to make her...
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    QLD Australian Citizenship - How to Get Documents from Deceased Father?

    Okay, I have some questions about my problem. I am from Serbia and I am in the process of completing my Australian citizenship by descent application, but I need my father's passport or something like that to complete it. My father died in 2007 in Australian and he is buried there. I have a...
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    NSW NESS Super Dragging Out Superannuation Claims?

    I am the executor of will for my late husband's deceased estate and as such have put in a claim for my husband's superannuation. It should be noted that my husband passed suddenly while were we overseas on holiday (which made a very difficult situation even more so). In early September 2016, I...