Solution Brief: Reviewing your Estate Planning
Your estate planning documents are the key to ensuring your estate is managed smoothly and in accordance with your wishes. This covers the time from when you may lose your mental capacity, to after your death when your estate passes to the people you have selected to benefit from all your hard work. We are […]
Solution Brief: Choosing your Executors and Trustees
This Solution Brief discusses the key considerations for choosing the Executors and Trustees for your Will. Your Executors are the people who will take care of your wealth after you have died. Their tasks include locating your Will, finding out what assets and liabilities you have, obtaining ‘Probate’ of your Will, and then carrying out […]
Solution Brief: Legal Capacity to make a Will and Enduring Power of Attorney
It is an essential requirement of a valid Will and Enduring Power of Attorney that the testator/donor possesses the requisite testamentary capacity. It is an essential requirement of a valid Will and Enduring Power of Attorney that the testator/ donor possesses the requisite testamentary capacity. In assessing such capacity both the mental capacity and the […]
Solution Brief: Guardianship Plan Checklist
A Guardianship Plan is a written record that you prepare as parents, detailing what you want for your child if both (or either) parent dies or can no longer perform their role as parent or guardian. Background The aim of your Guardianship Plan is to provide a set of useful guidelines or instructions for those […]
Solution Brief: Why you need to think about Estate Planning
Your Estate Planning is not something to be taken lightly. Take a few minutes out to ask yourself the following important questions: Do you want to choose who benefits from your wealth, and when? Do you want to protect the wealth you give your children from unjust claims? Do you want to make sure your […]
Solution Brief: Four Key Things to Consider Before You Start Your Estate Planning
Estate planning basically involves working out what you have, deciding where you would like it to go, and then choosing people to make that happen.
Voluntary Assisted Dying: What lawyers want you to know
VAD is a pathway that adults can access if they have an incurable, advanced, progressive and terminal illness, disease or medical condition.
How do you appoint someone to make health or medical treatment decisions on your behalf in NSW?
As part of your end of life plan it is a good idea to appoint someone to make health or medical treatment decisions for you, if you become unable to make such decisions for yourself. It is also important to identify what your values, life goals and preferred outcomes are so the person appointed to make those health and medical treatment decisions can ensure their decision making is in line with your wishes.
When can you benefit other people under an Enduring Power of Attorney?
An enduring power of attorney has the power to make a lot of decisions. However, without good planning, they may still not be able to do what you intend them to do. For example, if you appoint your spouse as your enduring attorney they will not be able to do anything that benefits themselves. Find out how to avoid these pitfalls.
The legal issues you must consider before getting married…
Deciding to get married is a big emotional decision. But it’s also a massive legal and financial decision. Asset ownership, asset protection, super, life insurance, decision making, estate planning and family financial support, all need to be carefully considered to provide a solid legal foundation for a successful life together.