Deceased Estate
Administration and
Executor Assist
The Public Trustee provides
quality will-drafting, trustee and
asset management services
to all Western Australians. We
employ specialist solicitors,
accountants and taxation experts,
genealogists, investment and
property managers, estate and
trust managers who can help you
or your loved ones with:
• Deceased Estate Administration
• Executor Assistance
• Trustee services
• Wills and Will storage
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
If the Public Trustee is named as the executor
in a person’s Will, we will provide the full estate
administration service.
If a private executor is named, and for some reason
cannot act, or there is no Will, the Public Trustee can be
given authority to attend to the administration of the
estate.
Our Executor Assist service can help private executors
by obtaining a grant of probate on their behalf and
assisting with other duties.
The Public Trustee can also draft or change your
Will. This includes both Wills that nominate the Public
Trustee as your executor and Wills nominating a
private executor. Please call 1300 746 116 or visit www.
publictrustee.wa.gov.au for further information.
What is the process when we are the
executor?
When you make your initial contact with the Public
Trustee after a loved one has died, we will request the
name and date of death of the deceased person
so that we can check our records to confirm that we
are the executor of their Will. The Public Trustee also
checks the death notices against our WA Will Bank
and, if we are the executor,
makes contact with the family
shortly after a loved one’s death.
As executor, we will contact all
the beneficiaries to arrange a
meeting and discuss the process
for dividing the deceased
estate. At this meeting the
Estate Manager will provide an
estimated cost of administering
the estate. This estimate is
subject to change if additional
assets or liabilities are found or
if the information provided by
beneficiaries at the first meeting