Power of Attorneys and Enduring Guardianships are important tools in managing your financial and lifestyle affairs. When you create the documents, you will be known as the Principal, and you will have an Attorney who manages your financial affairs, and a Guardian who manages your...
An Executor is the person appointed in another person’s will to dispose of the monies, property and other assets listed in that will, after the death of its author. An Executor has to follow both the deceased’s wishes and numerous legal requirements when disposing of that...
Challenging a Will, on any pathway, is a very different beast to other forms of litigation and cost implications can play a big role in choosing to take estate litigation forward. So what are the pathways to challenge a Will?...
Sometimes, people attempt a ‘homemade’ will without any guide or assistance but such documents often do not follow correct legal form nor withstand legal scrutiny; there are many formalities that a valid will must follow and legal assistance is really the best way to adhere...
Can I challenge a will? You may be able to challenge a will on a number of grounds, provided you are eligible to do so....
How are de facto relationships dealt with? This can be an issue when the deceased did not write a will clearly expressing their intentions towards family and friends. A de facto spouse may have to first prove that they were, indeed, the de facto...