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Summons for Confirmation of Grant template (Kenya)

What it is for

Application for confirmation of grant under Section 71 Law of Succession Act.

The Kenyan law it follows

  • Law of Succession Act Cap 160 — ss.26, 71
  • Probate and Administration Rules — rule 40, Forms 108 and 37

Who prepares it

This is normally drawn by an advocate, and where it is a court paper, filed by one. The sample shows what the finished document looks like.

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Sample summons for confirmation of grant

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KIAMBU SUCCESSION CAUSE NO. H.C. ______ OF 20____ IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN KAMAU NJOROGE (DECEASED) SUMMONS FOR CONFIRMATION OF GRANT LET ALL PARTIES CONCERNED attend the Judge in Chambers on the ____ day of ______________ 20____ at ______ o'clock in the forenoon on the hearing of an application on the part of Mary Wanjiku Kamau and Peter Njoroge Kamau, the administrators of the estate of the above-named John Kamau Njoroge who died on the 2nd day of March 2026, for

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