Application for verification of a will — application, sworn statements and notice of presentation

Category and limits

Complete template to fill in yourself · category A · practice area : Estates · offered in case files of type : Estates

Complete template that you fill in for your own file. The fixed text only carries the mentions the cited provisions require; the facts, choices and requests are yours. The tool does not file, serve, swear or send anything, does not choose a remedy or a deadline for you, and guarantees no outcome (Act respecting the Barreau du Québec, s. 128: “to prepare and draw up a notice, motion, proceeding or other similar document intended for use in a case before the courts”, “performed for others”, is the exclusive prerogative of the practising advocate or solicitor).

What the provisions read require

• C.C.Q., art. 772 — French text: “Les héritiers et successibles connus doivent être appelés à la vérification du testament, sauf dispense du tribunal”; the application is made “en la manière prescrite au Code de procédure civile”. (LégisQuébec — Code civil du Québec, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., arts. 306 and 308 — French text: the notice makes mention “du lieu, de la date et de l’heure de sa présentation” and gives “l’indication des pièces”; presentation “ne peut être fixée à moins de 10 jours ni à plus de deux mois après la notification”. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., art. 105 — French text: the act mentions “du jour et du lieu où le serment est prêté ou reçu, ainsi que du nom et de l’adresse de celui qui le prête et du nom et de la qualité de celui qui le reçoit”. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• C.C.P., art. 107 — French text: acts to be presented are filed “au moins deux jours avant la date prévue pour leur présentation”; an originating application not notified within three months of filing “est périmée”. (LégisQuébec — Code de procédure civile, C-25.01, read on 2026-10-21)
• Brochure “Demande de vérification d’un testament” (February 2022) — Contents of the file, original and certified copy marked “Certifiée conforme”, filing of all originals at least two days before presentation, endorsements printed landscape. (Justice Québec — Demande de vérification d’un testament (brochure, février 2022), read on 2026-10-21)

Time limits read

• Presentation between 10 days and two months after notification (C.C.P., art. 308).
• Originals filed at least two days before presentation (art. 107; brochure); notification within three months of filing (art. 107).

Exhibits and documents

• Original will (P-2) and copy of the act of death or death certificate (P-1).
• Certificates of search of the registers of wills (P-3).
• Sworn statement of a witness or of a person familiar with the handwriting; proofs of notification; endorsements (model 6 of the brochure, landscape, not generated by the tool).

To verify (not read or not settled)

• Meaning of “successibles”: interpreted differently by courts (brochure); check with the office of the court.
• Court costs and district: not shown (tariff not re-read).
• Verification before a notary (C.C.P., arts. 312-320) is a reserved act: not covered.

Complete template (category A). The application, statements and notice follow the structure of the Ministry brochure (February 2022, re-read on 2026-10-21) without reproducing its models; art. 772 C.C.Q. and arts. 105, 107, 306 and 308 C.C.P. are quoted as read. Preparation only: the oath, notification, filing and decision remain outside the tool. Québec statutes and most Québec sources linked here were read in French; English wording in this guide is an unofficial summary unless an official English text is linked.

Preuve en main is a preparation and legal-information tool. It gives no legal advice, replaces neither a lawyer nor the official form, and guarantees no outcome.