The Probate Court in each of Nova Scotia's probate districts has free legal information publications about going to Probate Court. You can get copies by visiting or by calling your local Probate Court office or by going to the Courts of Nova Scotia website, courts.ns.ca/Self_Reps/self-rep_home.htm#Probate.
Probate court contact information is available on the Courts of Nova Scotia website.
The information available from the Probate Court includes:
- The Probate Act - Questions and answers
- Dealing with an estate
- Grant of probate - checklist
- Grant of administration with will annexed - checklist
- Grant of administration - checklist
- Passing the accounts of an estate in Probate Court - checklist
- How to prepare the final account of the personal representative