Wills and Estates

Fact Sheets

Wills
Enduring Power
of Attorney
Enduring Guardian

Our Wills and Estates Team is capable of managing a variety of legal issues relating to Wills and Estates Law.

Whether it be preparing Wills, Testamentary Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Enduring Guardianship documents or obtaining a Grant of Probate, our team will look after you.

We know that this is one area of law that affects everyone at some stage during their lifetime. Unfortunately, we just don’t know when.

All of our team members have acted in matters where a person has died unexpectedly or has become incapacitated, without having any legal documents in place. We have seen the emotional and the financial effects that this has on their family members. We do not want to see this happen to you and to your family members.

That is why our team is focused on helping you organise your legal documents to cover your personal and business affairs, now before it is too late.

If and when it becomes necessary to use those legal documents, we are able to assist your family members in an efficient, effective and friendly way.

Our key areas of expertise include:

  • Drafting Wills
  • Enduring Powers of Attorney
  • Enduring Guardianship
  • Discretionary Testamentary Trusts
  • Disability Trusts 
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Guardianship Board applications

We also advise clients on the obligations between a second spouse and children from a first marriage.

Publications

Wills

Do you know the difference between a Power of Attorney & an Enduring Guardian?

POWER OF ATTORNEY

What is a Power of Attorney?

A Power of Attorney enables you to appoint a person (or people) to be your “attorney”.

What can my Attorney do?

Your attorney can manage your assets for you and can do anything on your behalf that you can lawfully...

Read More ...

What happens to real property upon death, when it is owned with another person?

Real property can be, for example, a house, land or commercial premises.  For the purposes of this article let's call real property, "property".

There are two ways you can hold property with another person, ie. Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common.  How you are described on the Title Deed with that...

Read More ...

Do you know the affect of divorce or marriage on your Will...

...Power of Attorney and Appointment of Enduring Guardian documents?


Your Will and divorce

Divorce revokes any benefit to your former spouse and also the appointment of your former spouse as your executor, trustee or guardian. Divorce does not, however, revoke an appointment of your former spouse...

Read More ...

If you do not nominate a beneficiary to receive the proceeds of your life insurance...

then it will be distributed in accordance with the terms of your Will.

You may not be aware of this but the proceeds of your life insurance policy will not be distributed in accordance with the terms of your Will if you have nominated a beneficiary of the life insurance policy.

When you take out a Life...

Read More ...

What are an Executor's Duties?

An Executor is the person appointed under the terms of a Will to ensure that a deceased person’s wishes are carried out in accordance with their Will. An executor’s duties include: making funeral arrangements; identifying the deceased’s assets and ensuring their security; identifying any debts including any tax payable;...

Read More ...

| 1 2 | Next


Articles via RSS rss
Events
Help for First Home Buyers...key things you need to know!

Tuesday 7th Feb 2012
Time 6:00pm - 7:30pm 7th Feb


Blogs
"We have been clients of John Teague for over ten years. We have found the staff, from the initial contact in Reception to the Lawyers and their...

Keith & Kay Maddison

Home Bookmark Site Print Tell a Friend Contact UsBook your appointment Now!! Call us Now!!