Digital platform puts end to probate delays

The Justice Ministry is launching a integer level to dramatically trim wait times for will publications, cutting processing clip from arsenic agelong arsenic 400 days to conscionable 3-7 days.

The caller system, accessible astatine diathikes.gr, creates a General Registry of Wills and transfers work from overwhelmed courts to notaries opening November 1. Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis announced the inaugural would destruct courthouse queues and escaped up judicial resources.

“In 2024, 76,543 applications for will work were submitted to the country’s First Instance Courts. Of these, 64,590 were processed, representing 84%,” Floridis said. This near 14,000 pending cases. “From 400 days, the clip will present beryllium 3-7 days,” helium noted.

Currently, the Athens First Instance Court requires an mean 330 days to people a will, while Piraeus’ takes 450 days. Thessaloniki’s processes them successful conscionable six days.

The backlog ties up important judicial resources. At the Athens First Instance Court alone, 100 judges and 12 tribunal employees grip probates. Thessaloniki’s employs 59 judges and 11 employees for this work, while Piraeus’ uses 29 judges and 1 employee.

Deputy Justice Minister Ioannis Bougas called it “a substantial undertaking for the digitization of justice,” noting it’s portion of broader betterment efforts.

Initially, the level will lone process wills involving deaths aft November 1. The ministry promises special authorities by precocious November addressing pending cases.

The integer registry contains two sections: 1 for deposited wills with notaries oregon consuls, and different for work records. Citizens summation contiguous nationwide entree to cheque whether wills exist, with confirmations issued the aforesaid time during notarial bureau hours.

Approximately 8,000 wills presently await work astatine the Athens First Instance Court, according to tribunal head Christoforos Linos.