Trusts can be set up for a number of reasons and provide a useful tool and solution to complexities that may arise in estate planning. Ultimately an estate plan provides an orderly and tax efficient transfer of assets and wealth between individuals, typically to the next generation – i.e. from parents to children. An estate [...]

In Ireland, there is no automatic right to any share in a deceased parent’s estate if they die testate – that is, having made a will. If a child feels they have been left out of a will or has a case to take to seek further provision, the legislation that allows this is Section [...]

Erin Research works with solicitors to help trace next-of-kin, beneficiaries and confirm family trees, usually in cases where a person has died and an Estate is being distributed. On occasion, Erin Research is tasked with finding next-of-kin for a person who is still living, a person who may be a Ward of Court. When a [...]

Erin Research recently hosted a webinar for solicitors across Ireland in relation to the new online format being introduced by the Revenue Commissioners for probate applications. Managing Director Padraic Grennan spoke with Roisin McKevitt of the Revenue Commissioners and Anne Heenan of the Probate Office regarding the changes to the new format which will take [...]

 Applying for Probate in Ireland: Nine Things to Remember In Ireland, if a person owns property and assets when they die, the executor of their estate must apply for a Grant of Probate to the Probate Office to divide up these assets according to the Deceased’s wishes. The property and assets cannot be divided up [...]

Erin Research has recently become the only probate genealogy company in Ireland to be awarded the Guaranteed Irish symbol. Membership of Guaranteed Irish is awarded to indigenous Irish companies that provide quality jobs, support local communities and are committed to Irish provenance. The brand is in existence since 1974 and is one that helps consumers [...]

CPD Conference in Cork International Hotel, 26th May 2022 To book, click HERE Free CPD For Solicitors For the past 2 years, Erin Research has been providing quality CPD events to solicitors across Ireland  at low cost by means of its ongoing series of online seminars. When the global pandemic set in in 2020 and [...]

Council Review speaks to Padraic Grennan speaks about the probate genealogy research services being provided to local authorities across Ireland. Establishing ownership of vacant homes can be a complicated issue for council housing staff. In many cases, extensive genealogy research is required to identify and trace that person or their next-of-kin. This probate genealogy service is [...]

The Spring 2020 edition of the Dublin Solicitor's Bar Association quarterly magazine "The Parchment" published an article on the importance of verifying a family tree when distributing an estate. Erin Research's Managing Director Padraic Grennan discusses in detail why having family trees verified by a fully insured professional probate research firm is of the utmost [...]