England & Wales · Contentious probate
What is the deadline for inheritance act 1975 claim?
An Inheritance Act 1975 claim normally must be made within six calendar months from the relevant grant of representation. A later claim needs the court’s permission and should never be assumed to be in time.
Read why no date is calculated- Period
- Six calendar months
- Trigger
- The relevant grant of probate or letters of administration
- Rule
- Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4
Inheritance Act 1975 checked 07/08/2026
Source guide · No automated date
Why this page does not calculate a date
An Inheritance Act 1975 claim normally must be made within six calendar months from the relevant grant of representation. A later claim needs the court’s permission and should never be assumed to be in time. The procedure needs a rule, order or factual branch that cannot safely be reduced to one automatic date.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4Which date starts this period?
The recorded trigger is the relevant grant of probate or letters of administration.
The calculation runs forward from the grant. Confirm the operative event before entering a date.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4Filing, service, receipt, entry and notification can be different events. Use the event named by the cited provision.
Review the filing checklistHow is the Six calendar months period counted?
- Confirm the relevant grant of probate or letters of administration.
- Calendar months, with the statutory grant qualification checked first.
- The statutory period is not automatically extended for a weekend, holiday or Registry closure.
The calculation runs forward from the grant.
Check any local closure, filing-system outage or order that is not part of the encoded calendar.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4It does not infer an unrecorded order, agreement, closure, service fact or filing cutoff.
Review exceptionsWhy no worked calculation is shown
A grant has issued, but it is not yet confirmed whether it is the relevant grant for section 4. The guide makes the statutory grant qualification visible. A later claim needs permission and cannot be treated as an automatic extension.
Can an exception or order change the deadline?
- Current source
- Check Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4 and the applicable Inheritance Act 1975 checked 07/08/2026.
- Orders and facts
- Confirm the relevant grant under section 23 and any previous grant before using the date.
- Confirm the relevant grant under section 23 and any previous grant before using the date.
- A late application requires permission under section 4. This guide does not treat permission as an extension entitlement.
What should I check before filing?
These checks support review. They do not certify that the deadline applies or file anything for you.
Common questions
Review the starting event, counting method, exceptions and record options for this inheritance act 1975 claim.
Starting the period
Which date starts this period?
Use the relevant grant of probate or letters of administration. Confirm that event from the relevant filing, service, decision or case list record before entering a date.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4Can I substitute a nearby filing, service or receipt date?
No. This page uses the relevant grant of probate or letters of administration. A different procedural event can produce a different result even when it occurred nearby.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4Counting and the final day
How is the period counted?
Calendar months, with the statutory grant qualification checked first.. The statutory period is not automatically extended for a weekend, holiday or Registry closure.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4What should I check about the final filing day?
Check the applicable time zone, filing method, office or system availability, holidays, closures and any order affecting the matter. The calculator does not infer unrecorded local facts.
Exceptions and orders
Can an exception or order change the result?
Confirm the relevant grant under section 23 and any previous grant before using the date. A late application requires permission under section 4. This guide does not treat permission as an extension entitlement.
Read Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4Does asking for more time change the deadline automatically?
No. A request, agreement or application changes the operative date only when the governing rule or an effective order gives it that effect.
Results and records
Why does this page not calculate a date?
The recorded procedure does not support one reliable automatic date. The page provides the source and review checks without inventing a result.
When is an Evidence Record available?
A source guide cannot produce or sell an Evidence Record because it has no server-recomputable deadline result.
Official sources and review
The period, trigger and counting treatment come from the recorded source and reviewed calculator configuration.
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, section 4 | Trigger, period and procedural scope |
Rule record reviewed .
Published by Deadline Engine. This guide explains the recorded procedure. It does not decide whether the rule applies or file anything for you.