2021 January Archive | Gilbert Fung

14Jan

Applications under Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) [MIP]

For mentally incapacitated person, his relative may apply to court for managing his assets and property. An inquiry by the court under Part II of the MHO involves a two-stage process: (a) the initial stage in which directions are sought from the court, (“the Directions Stage”) and (b) the stage...

Intestate Estate Succession

The Intestates’ Estates Ordinance, Cap 73) came into force on 7th October 1971 and sets out details of the people who will share in the estate of a person who dies intestate after that date. Before the Ordinance was enacted in 1971, succession to the estate of a Chinese...

Appointment of administrator of intestate’s estate

Section 36 of Probate And Administration Ordinance states that : Where a person dies wholly intestate as to his estate or leaving a will affecting estate but without having appointed an executor thereof willing and competent to take probate, or where the executor is, at the time of the death...

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