‘Undue influence’ in Estate Planning
By Jessica Barker Your Will is a crucial element of your overall estate planning. “Estate planning” refers to all those ...
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Elder Abuse: Together making change
by Jessica Barker There are a number of reasons why the subject of elder abuse is gaining more traction with ...
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Minor Wills – Do you have to be over 18 to make a will?
By Jessica Barker As well as being “of sound mind” or having testamentary capacity to make a Will, a will-maker ...
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Elder Abuse – A Confluence of Rights and Responsibilities
By Jessica Barker In July 2017, the Australian Law Reform Commission released a report into the prevalence of “elder abuse” ...
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Can you leave your estranged children out of your Will?
by Jessica Barker The Succession Act (NSW) and the Family Provision Act (ACT) allows for “eligible people” to make a ...
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Who can make decisions about your health?
By Mitchell Evelyn In many ways, the appointment of a Power of Attorney or Enduring Guardian is one of the ...
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End of life and the law – Myths and Misconceptions
By Jessica Barker and Mitch Evelyn Talking about death with a spouse, parent, child or next-of-kin can be difficult or ...
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What can you do when an executor isn’t doing their job?
By Mitch Evelyn Being an executor of an estate is a position of great trust and responsibility which many people ...
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Wills for minors or the impaired – Statutory Wills
By Kerin Cotchett In order to make a Will, a person must have “testamentary capacity” – that is, they must be ...
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Appointing an Enduring Guardian and Enduring Power of Attorney
Planning ahead Many people put a great deal of thought into their Wills – and rightly so, however, many of ...
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How much will your “free” will really cost?
By Rod Anthes A lot of people think that it is easy to make a Will and that they can ...
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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 and Jess Barker If your relative, your partner or someone with whom you were in a close ...
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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 ...
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