Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons

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The office of the Curator of the Estates of Deceased persons was established by the Act for the Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons in Certain Cases (1860). Under this Act, the Curator was empowered to administer the estates of deceased persons who by will or any codicil appointed the Curator as executor. Prior to the establishment of the office of the Curator of Estates of deceased persons the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Victoria performed these functions. The office was abolished in 1940 with the transfer of its functions to the recently established Office of the Public Trustee (VA 719).