The Need to Consider Assets Owned as a Joint Tenant in your Will When two or more people own one asset, such as a property, as Joint Tenants if...
Legal Tip 175: Leaving Assets to Someone Who Dies Soon after you (Survivorship Provisions) This is something important to consider when making...
Legal Tip: The Trustee of Testamentary Discretionary Trusts It is generally more appropriate to have a separate non-trading company act as...
Legal Tip: Who will look after your minor children if you die? What happens when both parents die early and minor children are left behind? The...
Legal Tip 164: How often should wills be reviewed? Generally wills should be reviewed at least yearly I think. It is just a matter of getting out...
Has everyone got their Will sorted?? My mother passed away recently, it would have been an absolute nightmare if she did not have this sorted...
Dying Intestate: Leaving a Spouse with Children not of that Spouse Brady Bunch situation. What actually happens if a person dies without a...
Death and Leaving Assets to Non-Residents and CGT The general rules is that death does not trigger CGT. There is no CGT when title is...
Adopted Children and Wills The laws of adoption differs from state to state, and so does the laws of succession. So the following is a...
So, I'm dying. I believe I've got about 40-50 years left - maybe a little more if I'm lucky. Having invested in many property cycles by then, I...
How often do you update your will? Assuming that as an investor (or property owner), your portfolio increase/decreases/changes over time - does...
A potential problem could arise in a will if the testator uses vague language: “I give my car to my son” If the testator writes this in 2016...
Consider naming Children in the will Where someone leaves a gift to ‘my children’ there can be issues with working out who these children are....
Terminal Illness – Legal Aspects to Consider Please read this in conjunction with my tips on the tax aspects to consider. Being diagnosed with a...
Nurse investigated for becoming beneficiary of dying man's $939,000 will A Melbourne nurse who mysteriously became the sole beneficiary of a...
Gifts in a will and Residue – someone missing out When someone is left the ‘residue’ of an estate they could have their gift reduced or miss out...
Prince may have died without a will News stories are saying that Prince’s sister has reported to the courts that Prince as died without a will....
What happens if someone dies and doesn’t have enough money to pay for the gifts they have left in their will. Example Dad dies and leaves son...
Estates – when person thought to be dead is found alive When someone dies their estate passes according to their will on the intestacy laws....
Tax Issues with Paying Executors of Estates Many people want to leave something extra to the executor of their estate upon death. The position of...
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