Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Trinidad and Tobago

All legal claims concerning land must be supported by a deed or a certificate of title.

When a person passes if he leaves a Will it must be probated or if he dies intestate ( no Will or an invalid Will) Letters of Administration must be obtained. The Executor or Administrator in his/her capacity as the personal representative of the estate of the deceased must distribute the estate. In the case of property the instrument is a deed of assent or memorandum of assent. The parties in the deed of assent are the personal representative and the beneficiary/beneficiaries.

The beneficiary/beneficiaries becomes the legal owners of the property.

A deed of assent/memorandum of assent transfers property from a deceased person to the beneficiaries