When someone dies
The first fortnight: registering the death, the certificate, who to tell, and the tasks the official bodies publish.
Start with a state
Probate and the executor's tasks differ by state, so those guides are written one state at a time. The rest apply across all three.
The guides
Probate
What a grant is, how each state's Supreme Court handles an application, the notice it asks for, and the forms and fees it publishes.
Executor checklists
The tasks each state's official bodies publish for the person dealing with the estate, laid out to print.
Banks, super and tax
How the banks and super funds say they handle a death, how Centrelink, Medicare and the ATO are told, and what the ATO publishes about tax after a death.
The free notifier
Who the free Australian Death Notification Service reaches and who it does not, organisation by organisation, with the date each row was checked.
How the facts are kept right
Every fact on these pages is read from the source's own page: a court, a registry, a government agency, a bank or a super fund. It reports what that page says, with a link to the page and the date it was checked.
A fact not checked again within 62 days is withheld on the page: the line that rested on it is replaced by a 'not available at the moment' notice until the fact is checked again.
A fact that cannot be confirmed is withheld rather than left up to go stale.
A$59 · one payment · New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland
The Family Handover Kit: a "when I die" folder for a household in New South Wales, Victoria or Queensland
About eleven pages your family can hold the week they need them: who to call first, where the will and the papers are, the banks, super funds and insurers to tell, and what your state's registry and court, Services Australia and the ATO publish, each with the date it was checked; prepared from your answers, emailed within minutes, to print and keep.
The free pages on this site are the checklists: the estate checklist, the executor checklists for each state, and the probate pages. The Kit puts the parts of them your family will need beside your own record, in print, dated, with the organisations you named.
Start here
The state clock sheet
The coverage map
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Where to get help with your situation
This page cannot tell you what applies to the estate you are dealing with. These official routes can point you to someone who can.
New South Wales
New South Wales · general information · checked 10 October 2026
- Law Society of NSW · Find a Lawyer: a search of NSW practices and solicitors who hold a current practising certificate. The Law Society says it does not give legal advice to the public itself.
- Legal Aid NSW says to start with LawAccess NSW, by chat or by phone on 1300 888 529, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Victoria
Victoria · general information · checked 10 October 2026
- Law Institute of Victoria · Find Your Lawyer Referral Service: a referral to a member law firm, which offers a free first interview of up to 30 minutes. The Law Institute says it is not a law firm and does not give legal advice itself.
- Victoria Legal Aid's Legal Help line is 1300 792 387, 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. It gives general legal information, and legal advice to people who are eligible.
Queensland
Queensland · general information · checked 10 October 2026
- Queensland Law Society · Register of Solicitors: the society keeps records of all current legal practitioners in Queensland, and the register can be searched.
- Legal Aid Queensland gives free legal information on 1300 65 11 88, 8.30am to 4.30pm (AEST), Monday to Friday, except public holidays.
SourcesThe Law Society of New South Wales: Register of SolicitorsThe Law Society of New South Wales: For the PublicLegal Aid NSW: Home pageLaw Institute of Victoria: Looking for Legal HelpVictoria Legal Aid: Speak to usQueensland Law Society: Register of SolicitorsLegal Aid Queensland: Help over the phone
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