Legal Tip 429: Step Children and Wills Where step children are in the family care should be taken. Example Homer married Marge when she...
Hi all - can someone with experience let me know if they can recommend a very good and trusted lawyer/solicitor who can assist put together wills...
What is the situation if someone [elderly with no partner or children] passes away and has previously stated he/she has no intention of making a...
Imagine dying while one of your children are bankrupt. Whatever you have left that child will end up in the hands of creditors. It’s enough to...
What happens if someone dies and leaves a minor child an asset to be held on trust until that child reaches a certain age and that child dies...
If you expect to receive or own assets in the future, you can cover these off in your will before you actually own the assets. This saves you from...
There is a case where Administration (similar to probate) was granted about 100 years after the death of a person. The will was dated 1903 and...
When you have children from a previous relationship and a new spouse, things can be complicated. They will be more complicated if your only asset...
A ‘memorandum of Wishes’ Is also known as a ‘letter of wishes’ or ‘statement of wishes’. I call them “MOWs” A MOW is an informal document making...
If someone dies their minor children might go and live with someone – who might be a surviving parent, or a legal guardian or someone with no...
If a person has no will then the intestacy laws will apply. These laws will generally mean the assets pass to the spouse and/or the children. If...
Generally, to be able to contest a will the person would need to have an interest in the estate – present or future. This would mean they would...
Legal Tip 379: Revoking a will Some people make a will but later change their mind and want to ‘cancel’ or revoke it. How do you revoke a...
Some clients ask me if it is necessary to update wills to reflect their new names and new addresses as they move house. Example Lisa Simpson...
We are in sydney north shore, and would like recommendations for a lawyer to draft our wills and enduring power of attorneys. Many thanks.
When a person is to receive a gift from a will, they might die before that gift is received. A parent might die before their parent dies with...
People don’t like to think of this, but when preparing your will you would need to consider that your children or child could die before you. If...
When a small change is needed to a will the testator should ideally go back to the lawyer that drafted the will and get them to change it. Then...
There is no requirement for spouses to have similar wills or to get the permission from each other for the contents of their wills. They do not...
There may be limited opportunities to save stamp duty in NSW where the gifts under a will are ‘adjusted’. Example Homer has 3 properties worth...
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