Public Trustee is committed to
providing security and
excellence in personal
trustee services to the South Australian
community in a caring and
responsive manner

Claims against an Estate

All estates administered by the Public Trustee are advertised, giving notice to creditors, beneficiaries or any other person having claims against an estate to provide full details of their claims to Public Trustee prior to the expiration of time named in the notice.

This notice does not prejudice the right of any claimant to follow the estate or property or any part thereof into the hands of any person who has received it, but provides protection to Public Trustee to distribute the estate amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which she then has notice.

Estates are advertised on a weekly basis in 'The Advertiser' and 'Government Gazette'. The expiration date in the notice is 30 days from the placing of the notice.