All articles about Northwest Territories Probate Process Guide.
The NWT Courts website provides raw probate forms but no instructions. Here are the real alternatives for executors who need actual guidance, not just downloadable PDFs.
Which assets skip probate in the NWT — joint tenancy, named beneficiaries on RRSPs and life insurance — and what you must still list on the court application.
Out-of-province executors managing an NWT estate face bond requirements, remote filing, and Inuvik vital statistics. The best resource addresses all of it.
If bank accounts are frozen after a spouse dies in the Northwest Territories, here is the best resource for understanding what probate requires and how to unlock funds.
NWT Supreme Court probate applications are commonly returned for fixable errors. Here is exactly what executors need to know to file Form 6, Form 7, and Schedules 1–5 correctly.
Estate administration in the Northwest Territories: how CIRNAC handles Indian Act estates, the Judicature Act framework, and custom adoption inheritance rights.
Whether the house passes automatically or needs Land Titles paperwork in the Northwest Territories — joint tenancy survivorship vs. tenants in common, step by step.
What paperwork releases a frozen bank account after death in the Northwest Territories — the informal small-balance route and when formal probate is required.
How to value real estate, vehicles, and personal property for NWT probate Schedule 5 (Form 13), what date to use, and how to avoid registry queries.
If you're a non-resident executor in NWT probate, you may need to post a bond — or waive it with Form 17 and Form 39. Here's how the waiver works.
A complete executor checklist for NWT: how to probate a will, close an estate, and distribute assets in the Northwest Territories, step by step.
Northwest Territories funeral cost help: how to access GNWT Income Assistance funeral coverage, IRC bereavement travel, and what basic support includes.
How NWT intestate succession works, including the surviving spouse's $50,000 preferential share — a figure low enough to disinherit a spouse from their home.
How to apply for Letters of Administration in the NWT when there's no will, how it differs from a Grant of Probate, and the Supreme Court forms you need.
What to do after the NWT Grant of Probate — the creditor window, final accounting, beneficiary releases (Form 55), passing accounts (Form 56), and distribution.
The common reasons probate is delayed in NWT — rejected forms, bad affidavits, missing consents — and how to file right the first time from anywhere.
Whether you can do probate yourself in the Northwest Territories — yes for uncontested estates, with the NWT-specific friction (in-person commissioning) you must plan for.
Exact NWT probate fees by estate value, plus the death certificate and Land Titles costs that catch executors off guard. Low fees, hard paperwork.
Comparing a jurisdiction-specific NWT probate guide against EstateExec software. Which gives executors clearer, more actionable help for the NWT Supreme Court process?
How the Public Trustee NWT will search works, the narrow criteria for intervention, and what families must file to trigger or avoid involvement.
How to reseal an out-of-territory probate grant in the Northwest Territories, when ancillary probate is needed instead, and the cross-border process step by step.