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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-57",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/57",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "PROBATE, INHERITANCE, PRESUMPTION OF DEATH AND GUARDIANSHIP OF MISSING PERSONS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nScope of this Part and definitions\nRule 57.1\nSECTION I—PROBATE CLAIMS\nGeneral\nRule 57.2\nHow to start a probate claim\nRule 57.3\nAcknowledgment of service and defence\nRule 57.4\nLodging of testamentary documents and filing of evidence about testamentary documents\nRule 57.5\nRevocation of existing grant\nRule 57.6\nContents of statement of case\nRule 57.7\nCounterclaim\nRule 57.8\nProbate counterclaim in other proceedings\nRule 57.9\nFailure to acknowledge service or to file a defence\nRule 57.10\nDiscontinuance and dismissal\nRule 57.11\nSECTION II—RECTIFICATION OF WILLS\nRule 57.12\nSECTION III—SUBSTITUTION AND REMOVAL OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES\nRule 57.13\nIV CLAIMS UNDER THE INHERITANCE (PROVISION FOR FAMILY AND DEPENDANTS) ACT 1975\nScope of this Section\nRule 57.14\nProceedings in the High Court\nRule 57.15\nProcedure for claims under section 1 of the Act\nRule 57.16\nSECTION V – PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PRESUMPTION OF DEATH ACT 2013\nScope and interpretation\n57.17\nProceedings to be in the High Court\n57.18\nProcedure for claims for a declaration of presumed death or a variation order\n57.19\nGiving notice of claim\n57.20\nAdvertisement of claim\n57.21\nInterveners\n57.22\nRequirement to provide information\n57.23\nRequirement to send copy of declaration to the Public Guardian\nRule 57.24\nSECTION VI – PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP (MISSING PERSONS) ACT 2017\nScope and interpretation\nRule 57.25\nProceedings to be in the High Court\nRule 57.26\nProcedure for making claims for a guardianship order\nRule 57.27\nProcedure for making applications for revocation/variation of guardianship orders and applications relating to guardianship orders\nRule 57.28\nGiving notice and advertisement of claim for a guardianship order or an application for a revocation/variation order\nRule 57.29\nGiving notice and advertisement of applications relating to guardianship orders or the potential exercise of powers under the 2017 Act\nRule 57.30\nInterveners\nRule 57.31\nRequirement to send a copy of all orders made to the Public Guardian\nRule 57.32\nDeath of the missing person\nRule 57.33",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 57 inserted (15.10.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/1388), rule 1(b), Sch. (with rule 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 57 heading substituted (31.7.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1034), rules 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 57 Table of Contents inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 4 Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 57 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2044), rules 2, 10(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 57 Table of Contents inserted (31.7.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1034), rules 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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