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 my own unstructured and unscientific survey I would guess that it is more like 80% of Australians do not have Wills.

I am administering an estate at the moment worth around $80,000 where the man died over a year ago. He left behind a piece of paper with two lines of instructions on how to deal with his bank account on his death. The result of not having a proper Will has been the money is still tied up with the bank, the person who he wanted to give the money to is not getting it and the estate will cost in the vicinity of $7,000 to administer instead of around $2,000.

So “Just Get It Done”, doing a will can be easy, most people come and see me for around an hour and for a very reasonable fee will walk out with the peace of mind knowing that their Will and Enduring Power of Attorney have been done and done properly.

And tell your friends  and family to “Just Get It Done”.

Anita Thomson