Succession Act, 1965 (No. 27)

Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 22 December 1965

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes

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	Introductory Text
	Acts Referred to
	Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-9)
In force	1. Short title.
In force	2. Commencement.
In force	3. Interpretation.
In force	4. Meaning of "real estate" and "estate or interest".
In force	4A. Succession rights.
In force	4B. Special provisions in relation to affected persons.
In force	5. Presumption of simultaneous death in cases of uncertainty.
In force	6. Jurisdiction.
In force	7. Expenses.
In force	8. Repeals.
In force	9. Savings.
	Part II Devolution of Real and Personal Estate on Death (ss. 10-15)
In force	10. Devolution of real and personal estate.
In force	11. Abolition of existing rules of descent, escheat, etc.
In force	12. Further assimilation of law respecting real and personal estates of deceased persons.
In force	13. Vesting of estate between death and grant of administration.
In force	14. Construction of references to estates of deceased persons.
In force	15. Construction of references to heirs.
	Part III Executors and Administrators (ss. 16-25)
In force	16. Summons to executor to prove or renounce.
In force	17. Cesser of right of executor to prove.
In force	18. Withdrawal of renunciation.
In force	19. Death of sole or last surviving executor.
In force	20. Right of proving executors to exercise powers.
In force	21. Executor not to act while administration is in force.
In force	22. Protection of persons acting on probate or administration.
In force	23. Liability of person fraudulently obtaining or retaining estate of deceased.
In force	24. Liability of estate of personal representative.
In force	25. Validity of conveyance not affected by revocation of representation.
	Part IV Grants of Representation (ss. 26-44)
In force	26. Grants of probate.
In force	27. Grants of administration.
In force	27A. Entitlement to grant of probate or administration.
In force	28. Representation of real and personal estate separately or together.
In force	29. Power to grant representation where no estate.
In force	30. Power to grant representation to a trust corporation.
In force	31. Grant of special administration where personal representative is abroad.
In force	32. Administration during minority of executor.
In force	33. Continuance of legal proceedings after revocation of temporary administration.
In force	34. Administration bonds.
In force	35. Applications for grants and revocations.
In force	36. Grants in district probate registries.
In force	37. Second and subsequent grants.
In force	38. Caveats.
In force	39. Calendars of grants.
In force	40. Copies of wills, etc., to be delivered to Revenue Commissioners.
In force	41. Issue of grants of representation in case of Circuit Court decrees.
In force	42. Deposit and inspection of wills and other documents.
In force	43. Official copies of wills and grants.
In force	44. Trial by jury of questions of fact.
	Part V Administration of Assets (ss. 45-65)
In force	45. Estate of deceased to be assets for payment of debts and legal right.
In force	46. Administration of assets.
In force	47. Charges on property of deceased to be paid primarily out of the property charged.
In force	48. Causes of action surviving on death.
In force	49. Distribution of assets after notice to creditors.
In force	50. Powers of personal representatives to sell and to act as trustees.
In force	51. Protection of purchasers.
In force	52. General provisions as to assent or transfer by personal representatives.
In force	53. Special provisions as to unregistered land.
In force	54. Special provisions as to registered land.
In force	55. Powers of personal representatives as to appropriation.
In force	56. Right of surviving spouse or civil partner to require dwelling and household chattels to be appropriated.
In force	57. Appointment by personal representatives of trustees of infant's property.
In force	58. Powers of trustees of infant's property.
In force	59. Right to follow property.
In force	60. Powers to deal with estate, etc.
In force	61. Purchasers from personal representatives.
In force	62. Time allowed for distribution.
In force	63. Advancements to children to be brought into account.
In force	64. Duty of personal representatives as to inventory.
In force	65. Administration on behalf of the State.
	Part VI Distribution on Intestacy (ss. 66-75)
In force	66. Rules for distribution on intestacy.
In force	67. Shares of surviving spouse and issue.
In force	67A. Shares of surviving civil partner and issue.
In force	67B. Share of issue where no surviving spouse or surviving civil partner.
In force	68. Shares of parents.
In force	69. Shares of brothers and sisters and their children.
In force	69A. Share of relatives: special provision.
In force	70. Shares of next-of-kin.
In force	71. Ascertainment of next-of-kin.
In force	72. Half-blood.
In force	72A. Distribution of disclaimed estate.
In force	73. State as ultimate intestate successor.
In force	74. Partial intestacy.
In force	75. Construction of documents.
	Part VII Wills (ss. 76-100)
In force	76. Property which may be disposed of by will.
In force	77. Capacity to make a will.
In force	78. Signing and witnessing will.
In force	79. Appointments by will.
In force	80. Publication of will not necessary.
In force	81. Will not void on account of incompetency of witness.
In force	82. Gifts to an attesting witness, or spouse of witness, to be void.
In force	83. Creditor attesting will charging estate with debts admissible as witness.
In force	84. Executor admissible as witness.
In force	85. Revocation of will.
In force	86. Alterations in will after execution.
In force	87. Revoked will not revived otherwise than by re-execution or codicil.
In force	88. Subsequent conveyance or other act not to prevent operation of will.
In force	89. Will to speak from death of testator.
In force	90. Extrinsic evidence as to will.
In force	91. Residuary devise or bequest to include estate comprised in lapsed and void gifts.
In force	92. General devise of land to include leasehold as well as freehold.
In force	93. General gift of realty or personalty to include property over which testator has general power of appointment.
In force	94. Devise of real estate without words of limitation to pass whole estate.
Repealed	95. Creation of estates tail.
In force	96. Meaning of "die without issue".
Repealed	97. Devise of estate tail not to lapse where inheritable issue survives.
In force	98. Gifts to children or other issue who leave issue living at testator's death.
In force	99. Interpretation of devise or bequest in case of doubt.
In force	100. Restriction on executory limitations.
	Part VIII Conflict of Laws relating to Testamentary Dispositions (ss. 101-108)
In force	101. "Testamentary disposition".
In force	102. Validity as regards form.
In force	103. Dispositions made on board vessel or aircraft.
In force	104. Exercise of power of appointment.
In force	105. Joint dispositions.
In force	106. Effect of restrictions on capacity.
In force	107. Construction of testamentary disposition.
In force	108. Effect of testamentary disposition under Part VII.
	Part IX Legal Right of Testator's Spouse and Provision for Children (ss. 109-119)
In force	109. Application of Part IX.
Repealed	110. Legitimated, illegitimate and adopted persons.
In force	111. Right of surviving spouse.
In force	111A. Right of surviving civil partner.
In force	112. Priority of legal right.
In force	113. Renunciation of legal right.
In force	113A. Renunciation of legal right.
In force	114. Effect of devise or bequest to spouse or civil partner.
In force	115. Election between legal right and rights under a will and on partial intestacy.
In force	116. Provision in satisfaction of legal right.
In force	117. Provision for children.
In force	118. Estate duty.
In force	119. Proceedings to be in chambers.
	Part X Unworthiness to Succeed and Disinheritance (ss. 120-122)
In force	120. Exclusion of persons from succession.
In force	121. Dispositions for purpose of disinheriting spouse or children.
In force	122. Proceedings to be in chambers.
	Part XI Limitation of Actions (ss. 123-127)
In force	123. Personal representative, as such, not a trustee under Statute of Limitations, 1957.
In force	124. "Trustee" in Statute of Limitations, 1957, not to include a bailiff.
In force	125. Persons entitled to shares in land.
In force	126. Actions in respect of estates of deceased persons.
In force	127. Limitation period in case of disability.
	Part XII Provisions relating to Probate Office and District Probate Registries (ss. 128-131)
In force	128. Assistant Probate Officer.
In force	129. District probate registries.
In force	130. Fees to be taken at district probate registries.
In force	131. Acting district probate registrars.
	First Schedule - Rules as to Application of Assets
In force	First Schedule, Part I Rules as to payment of debts where the estate is insolvent
In force	First Schedule, Part II Order of application of assets where the estate is solvent
	Second Schedule - Repeals
In force	Second Schedule, Part I English Statutes
In force	Second Schedule, Part II Pre-Union Irish Statutes
In force	Second Schedule, Part III British Statutes
In force	Second Schedule, Part IV Statutes of Saorstát Éireann and of the Oireachtas

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