Yes, financial institutions limit access to the deceased's account for security reasons. It will be necessary for you, as the liquidator, to show certain documents in order to open an estate account that will allow you to have access to the sums held in the deceased's bank and investment accounts. To this effect, the following

No. All valid passports must be submitted to Passport Canada with a copy of the death certificate. You will understand that this is a control measure to prevent fraud and identity theft.

In principle, no. However, there are some exceptions. For example, the tutor of a minor child who receives an inheritance of more than $25,000.00 in his or her name must inform the Public Curator.

When an estate is settled, the Act requires that certain rights be registered in the RDPRM. This formality makes it possible to inform the heirs, creditors and any other interested person of certain useful information concerning the succession. This register allows the publication of information such as the appointment of a liquidator, the closing of

Designation of a liquidator of the succession The purpose of registering this designation in the RDPRM is to make known the name of the liquidator or liquidators of a given succession. The heirs and any other interested persons will thus know whom to contact to assert their rights in the succession. Replacement of a liquidator

If the will so provides, or if the majority of the heirs so request (in the absence of a will or if the will does not so provide), the liquidator must produce a proposal for the division of the estate and submit it with the final account. The purpose of the liquidator's final account is

Once the liquidator has distributed the property, he or she must publish a notice of closure of the final account of the succession in the Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights (RPMRR). The liquidator's mandate ends with the publication of this notice.