Probate & Estate Administration
Estate Planning Partners manages probate from filing to final distribution, coordinating directly with the DIFC Courts Wills Service Centre, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, and other relevant authorities, so an executor is never navigating unfamiliar procedure alone.
Planning and administration are different things
A death sets a process in motion, whether or not a plan was in place. Assets must be identified, accounts accessed, debts settled, and property transferred, each step coordinated with UAE courts and institutions before beneficiaries receive what they are owed.
Estate Planning Partners guides executors and beneficiaries through that process in the UAE.
Probate confirms the validity of a Will, where one exists, and gives an executor or appointed administrator the legal standing to act. Estate administration is the wider process that follows: locating assets, resolving liabilities, and distributing what remains.
Where no valid Will exists, the estate is administered under applicable succession law rather than the deceased's own instructions.
Situations we plan for
A bank account is frozen the moment a death is registered, before an executor has any legal standing to act. Estate Planning Partners secures the succession certificate needed to unlock it, without unnecessary delay.
A family holds property, and the title deed transfer stalls between departments that rarely coordinate with one another. Estate Planning Partners coordinates that transfer directly with the Dubai Land Department.
A Will was drafted abroad, and it is unclear whether a UAE court will recognise it. Estate Planning Partners establishes that recognition in advance.
Beneficiaries disagree on how an estate should be handled. Estate Planning Partners coordinates communication between them, so the disagreement is resolved through the process already in place.
A Foundation as an alternative
A Foundation avoids probate entirely, since the Foundation, not the individual, already owns what it holds. For families who have not yet structured their affairs this way, Estate Planning Partners manages probate directly, coordinating with UAE courts and institutions throughout.
No Two Plans Are The Same
Every engagement begins with an advisory assessment of what a family holds, where, and who it is intended for. Each plan is structured around that family, and the businesses they have built. As circumstances change, the plan is revisited.