Wills & Estate
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Why Should I make a Will?
By Kerin Cotchett Making a Will provides a legal direction to ensure that your assets and possessions are distributed as you…
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What is an Executor?
Are you an executor of someone’s will? If you are an executor named in someone’s Will it means that the…
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Choose your executor well
When making your Will it is important to choose appropriate executors – they should be people you can trust to…
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Self Managed Superannuation Funds
Where does my Super go when I die? An important tool in estate planning is the use of binding death…
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Super’s Magic Pudding: a Plus for Baby Boomers
Once money is put into super the general rule is that it must stay there until the person entitled to…
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Wills – the freedom of testamentary disposition
What happens if I exclude someone from my will? It is surprising how many people choose to exclude a family…
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When should you change your will?
It is advisable that you should change your Will not less than every 5 years. It is most important that…
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Disputing a Will: When can a person apply for provision out of an estate?
By Matthew Bridger If your relative, your partner or someone with whom you were in a close relationship has died…
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Are Family Trusts Still Viable Asset Protection Vehicles?
You may need to reconsider aspects of the appointment of trustees in the use of family trusts as an asset…
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Where will your super go when you die?
When you are formulating a Will, it is not well known that your hard-earned superannuation does not automatically form part…
