Date: 08 Feb 2018, Filed under: Estate Planning, Administration of Estates, Probate
Grant of Probate and Executors, the role of an executor is centred on the proper administration of a deceased’s estate. Often multiple executors are appointed...
Date: 23 Oct 2017, Filed under: Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Family Provisions
The best way is to ask your parents to see an expert business and estate planning lawyer (like Leigh Adams Business Lawyers) who can structure their affairs...
Date: 10 Mar 2017, Filed under: Equity & Trusts, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Estates, Family Provisions
Wills using testamentary trusts are the starting point for most estate planning endeavours. They can ensure that wealth will pass to the intended beneficiaries...
Date: 06 Mar 2017, Filed under: Wills, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates
One of the most important things a person can do is to have a valid will. However, death can occur unexpectedly and if there is no valid will, the estate...
Date: 23 Jan 2017, Filed under: Superannuation & Elder Law, Wills, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Law
We here at FindLaw have consistently emphasised the importance of creating a valid will – especially if you have substantial assets, and beneficiaries....
Date: 05 Feb 2016, Filed under: Wills, Estate Planning, Administration of Estates, Family Provisions
The recent decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal in Abrahams (by his litigation guardian The Public Trustee of Queensland) v Abrahams comes as a timely...
Date: 28 Sep 2015, Filed under: Equity & Trusts, Superannuation & Elder Law, Wills, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Inheritance Disputes, Estates
Is there a ‘moral duty’ compelling a person to make a family provision for relatives under Australian law?
Date: 04 May 2015, Filed under: Wills, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Estates
The recently enacted New South Wales Succession Act covers any person who was in a ‘domestic partnership’ with the deceased at the time of death. That...
Date: 28 Jan 2015, Filed under: Equity & Trusts, Estate Planning, Succession Planning, Administration of Estates, Estates
In a recent case, a bankrupt had a history of not co-operating with the trustee’s investigations and had obstructed them to a substantial degree. Moreover,...
Date: 13 Dec 2013, Filed under: Estate Planning, Administration of Estates
The decision of Re Yu in the Queensland Supreme Court in November this year appeared to herald a new medium for testamentary dispositions: the smart phone....
