TSEM6102 - legal background to trusts & estates: applying for letters of administration
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp laws of intestacy determine who will inherit the possessions, and how much each will get. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp rules are set out at TSEM7800 onwards.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre are rules that determine which persons have the right to apply for appointment as administrators of the estate and in what order. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy obtain a grant of letters of administration. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse establish their authority and standing to administer the estate. If everyone declines it is possible for a creditor of the estate to make an application. That could be HMRC.