Clients often ask how often they should review their Wills. The answer is that you should review your Will every time there is a major change in your life or circumstances.
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Attention all Attorneys Appointed Under an EPOA – Avoid the Disappointed Beneficiary Situation
Being appointed as an Attorney under an enduring power of attorney (EPOA) to make financial and/or personal decisions for a person carries strict moral and legal obligations.
Challenging Wills: The claims keep coming!
We are seeing an increasing trend of disappointed beneficiaries challenging Wills in circumstances where the beneficiary has either been left out of a Will totally, or is not satisfied they have received enough.
If you have children under 18 do you need a Superannuation Proceeds Trust in your Will?
As more Australians are accumulating significant benefits in superannuation over their working life, understanding how to pass those superannuation benefits on death to your chosen beneficiaries becomes even more important.
Wills Keep Producing Suprising Results for Left Behind Family Members
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland (and soon to be Governor) on 24 April 2014 delivered a judgment in the matter of Whitla (as administrator of the estate of Allan James Launchbury)(the Applicant) v. Barbara Jane Launchbury (the First Respondent) and Jonathon David Launchbury.
When is it Reasonable to make Inadequate Provision for a Child or Spouse?
We have a moral duty to make adequate provision in our Wills for our spouses (including defacto spouses), children (including stepchildren), dependants and other family members.
Queensland Court Rules iPhone Will to be Valid
The Queensland Supreme Court has recently ruled that a Will typed into an iPhone is legally valid and granted probate.
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Preparing for Compliance with the Child Safe Standards under the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024
Claiming an executor’s commission
Do’s and Don’ts for Separated Parents
Superannuation Death Benefits and Estate Planning: What You Need to Know
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Five Decades, One Workplace: Mackay Woman Honoured for 50 Years in Law
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