Powers of Attorney are an important legal document that I encourage all of my clients to make. By simply having a valid power of attorney in place will help to…

One of the most common ways for a Will or deceased estate to be contested is through a Family Provision Application. It is therefore important for anyone making a Will…

I have read with interest the matter of Omari v Omari. Mrs Omari passed away in 2009. One of her children challenged the validity of Mrs Omari’s Will on the…

I have recently come across families wanting to make wills for their elderly mother or father. Whilst this is achievable, it must be done to minimise any risk of a…

What is a Testamentary Trust Will? A “Testamentary Trust Will” effectively creates a Testamentary Trust within your Will. For those who have a family trust, the concept is quite similar…

Mutual Wills date back to the 18th Century and have long been considered a good estate planning mechanism for couples who want to reach an agreement that effectively provides neither…

What are Informal Wills? Informal Wills are a Will that does not conform to the formal requirements of the relevant estate law. For example, it may have been incorrectly signed…

Did you know that if you leave money in your Will to a beneficiary who is an undischarged bankrupt, then that beneficiary’s entitlement could end up going to their creditors?…

OK, so you have a self-managed super fund (SMSF) and are comfortable using the cash in it to leverage into a loan to buy property. You know that the super…

When people prepare a Will, they sometimes may not consider what will happen to their Estate if all of the beneficiaries listed in the Will are no longer alive to…

Given the ever changing nature of the family unit, there are increasing numbers of children who, for various reasons, have lost contact with their parents. For children in this situation…

Many parents, prior to their death, provide gifts to their children to avoid any disputes under a Will. However, if the Will also provides for another gift of the same…