<p class="ql-align-center"><strong><u><span style="background-color: transparent">JUDGMENT</span></u></strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">This is the Judgment of the Court on an </span><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">Originating Motion Ex Parte for Grant of Probate </span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent">filed by the Applicants to administer the estate of Joseph Kwesi Baidu A. K. A. Agyapa (deceased).</span></p><p><strong><u><span style="background-color: transparent">THE LAW ON GRANT OF PROBATE (COMMON FORM)</span></u></strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">The law pertaining to grant of Probate will be discussed under the following two headings:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A) Ascertaining the Statutory prerequisites for the grant of Probate, and</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">B)Affording facility to remedy non-compliance with Statutory prerequisites for the grant of Probate or L. A.</span></p><p><strong><em><span style="background-color: transparent">A) ASCERTAINING THE STATUTORY PREREQUISITES FOR GRANT OF PROBATE</span></em></strong></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">In determining an application for the grant of Probate (Common Form), the Court is required by statute to ascertain the following:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">(1)  The jurisdiction of the Court and every Court with concurrent jurisdiction;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">(2)  The time, place and fact of death of the deceased;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">(3)   The value of the estate of the deceased;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">(4)   Affidavit by the executor(s), as applicant(s), deposing to facts upon which the application for Probate is grou…</span></p>