Date registered: June 20, 2011
Jun
05
Don’t Leave It Too Late, Do an Enduring Power of Attorney Now It may be too late for your parent or elderly friend to do an Enduring Power of Attorney when they are on the doorstep of a nursing home. In the last few weeks I have had several people bring in their elderly relative …
Feb
14
Where is Your Original Will? Do you know where your original Will is located? It is essential that your executor be able to locate your original Will when you die. This means keeping the original Will in a safe place, where it will not get thrown out by accident and also letting your executors and other close family …
Feb
14
Just Get it Done “Your Will” I was concerned about borrowing Nike’s slogan “Just Do It”, so instead I am saying “Just Get It Done” and by this I am encouraging people to complete their Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney. Official statistics I have heard of suggest that only 48% of Australians have Wills.Conducting …
Feb
14
Digital Assets Estate Planning Have you thought about what happens to the music you have bought on iTunes after you die or lose capacity? Bruce Willis raised this issue a few years ago when he wanted to gift his extensive apple iTunes library to his children and he was told it was not possible to …
Nov
18
Are you sure your will is going to work how you want on your death? It is time to consider doing a new will when since doing your last will you have married, had children or grandchildren, been divorced, changed your financial situation, changed business arrangements, changed superannuation arrangements, obtained life insurance, received an inheritance …
Nov
18
If people have children under the age of 18 years, it is essential that they have a will nominating who they appoint to care for their children, in the event of their death. If a parent does not nominate a guardian in their will, then the other parent of the child will be the guardian. …
Nov
18
Updating your own will takes so much time and effort most people only do it once. We scribble down our last wishes and file them away, confident that they will be respected after we’re gone. Unfortunately, that does not always happen. The husband of a Gold Coast couple died unexpectedly with an out-of-date will, leaving …
Oct
08
1. Why have a will? If you do not have a will, then the Intestacy Rules set out in legislation will determine how your estate is distributed. The Intestacy Rules may not follow your wishes. For example, many people assume everything will go to their spouse, but this is not the case if you have …
