Time limits on Family Provision Claims

(1) An application for a family provision order may be made whether or not administration of the estate of the deceased person has been granted.

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(2) An application for a family provision order must be made not later than 12 months after the date of the death of the deceased person, unless the Court otherwise orders on sufficient cause being shown or the parties to the proceedings consent to the application being made out of time.

(3) An application is taken to be made on the day it is filed in the Court‘s registry.