--- title: "Application for probate (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Forms 88A, 88B and 88I): completion guide" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-nt-probate" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a17-form-nt-probate" area_id: "A17" kind: "form" ai_level: "red" version: 1 task_ids: ["A17-T1-R6", "A17-P20260916-1", "A17-B14-3", "A17-M20261018-1", "A17-M20261018-2"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22" --- # Application for probate (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Forms 88A, 88B and 88I): completion guide > Link to the Northern Territory probate information sheet and the Form 88 series. The applicant advertises with Form 88B, searches, then files affidavits by email.… Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-nt-probate Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt Link to the Northern Territory probate information sheet and the Form 88 series. The applicant advertises with Form 88B, searches, then files affidavits by email. Practice Direction 3 of 2020 replaces newspaper publication. The lawyer writes every affidavit. ## Key facts - Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one. - Practice area: [Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession.md) - Jurisdictions: Northern Territory - AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at supremecourt.nt.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for Northern Territory. ## When to use it Use when an executor named in the last valid will, who is over 18, applies for probate in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Letters of administration use other Form 88 documents on the forms page. AI does not draft the affidavits. ## Used for these tasks - [Prepare the probate or letters-of-administration application pack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/prepare-the-probate-or-letters-of-administration-application-pack.md) - [Reconcile the documents for a probate or administration application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/reconcile-the-documents-for-a-probate-or-administration-application.md) - [Check the Tasmanian, ACT or NT Supreme Court index before assuming an AI practice direction](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/check-the-tasmanian-act-or-nt-supreme-court-index-before-assuming-an-ai.md) - [Search the probate notices for competing applications before filing](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession.md#A17-M20261018-1) - [Prepare and check the probate notice before it is published](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/prepare-and-check-the-probate-notice-before-it-is-published.md) ## How AI may be used The grant pack is built on affidavits and oaths. AI may index documents already on the file and list the published forms; the lawyer writes every affidavit, oath and application. **AI may:** - List the forms named on the court's page for this kind of grant, and mark which ones are already on the file - Check that names and the date of death are consistent across documents the lawyer has already prepared - Index the will, the death certificate and searches by date and source **AI must not:** - Must not draft an affidavit, oath, inventory, renunciation or any other sworn or signed part of the grant - Must not describe assets, liabilities or the will in words the lawyer has not settled - Must not sign, file or publish a probate notice **The lawyer checks:** - The current forms, and the right kit or practice direction, are used for this kind of grant - Names match the will, and the notice period and searches are done before filing - The current practice direction on generative AI, if any, has been checked before any tool is used ## Authorities - [Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Information sheet: Applying for probate](https://supremecourt.nt.gov.au/_resources/documents/publications/Information-Sheet-Applying-for-Probate.pdf) - [Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Forms and templates, Probate](https://supremecourt.nt.gov.au/lawyers/forms) - [Supreme Court Rules 1987 (NT) and Practice Direction 3 of 2020, as cited on the information sheet](https://supremecourt.nt.gov.au/_resources/documents/publications/Information-Sheet-Applying-for-Probate.pdf) ## Official form [Official form](https://supremecourt.nt.gov.au/lawyers/forms) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by supremecourt.nt.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22. ## Full text and drafting notes The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-nt-probate and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm. *Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*