Late death registration/probate

[lizdb]

I would imagine there was an inquest. Death cert would not be issued until after the inquest was complete. However a " permission to bury" cert can be issued, meaning that a funeral can go ahead.
This happened with a rellie of mine, and it took a year before the inquest took place. So her death is registered a year after her death, but funeral took place within the usual few weeks.

[dawnsh]

I'm still waiting for a death cert for a death in February 2015, the coroner is taking his time with this one.

The body was released by the coroner and the cremation did take place 2 weeks after death though.

[dawnsh]

Slightly off-topic, just dug out some notes about the Staines air crash 18 June 1972.

All deaths for this flight were sequentially registered June 1973 at Surrey Northern, the page ranges from 605 to 663.

The Captain's will (S J L Key) was proved however 31 October 1972

[AntonyMMM]

As stated in previous replies...

Deaths that go to inquest may get registered months ( or occasionally years) after the event.

Coroners (and registrars) can issue permission for a funeral to go ahead before the death has been registered.

For inquest cases, coroners can issue a "certificate of fact of death", also known as an interim death certificate which can be used to deal with the deceased's estate including a probate application.

[JanPennington]

Completing probate can take quite a long time.  When my father died in 2005 it took about 12 months.
My father (in England) had tried to minimise death duties and added codicils which weren't 100% clear. We had to track down my brother's children because his wife had cut off contact when my brother died.  Then the solicitor became seriously ill and we had to start again. 

Jan

[Andrew Tarr]

Completing probate can take quite a long time.  When my father died in 2005 it took about 12 months.

My gt-gt-grandfather died in Ireland in late 1877, having migrated from Devon in the early 1850s.  Probate was completed in 1883 !  I suspect that a contributing factor was that both English and Irish property was involved, but it isn't the only example I have known where the process in Ireland can grind exceeding slowly.