Review of your affairs before the unforeseen happens is necessary for you and your family’s future. That’s where we step in.
Wills & Estates
We work with businesses and individuals on:
- Wills
- Estates
- Powers of attorney general and enduring
- Probate
- Advance health directive
- Letters of administration
- Estate administration
- Estate dispute mediation and litigation
- Set up family and testamentary trusts
- Protective trusts
- Superannuation and death benefit provisions in trust documents
- Dealing with superannuation including collection of any death benefits
- Advising executors and trustees in regard to their duties and rights
- Informing government bodies including centrelink and veterans affairs
- Applying for probate of the will in the Supreme Court
- Dealing with intestacy (where there is no Will)
- Identifying estate assets and liabilities
- Obtaining valuations of estate property
- Collecting estate financial assets including bank funds, shares, outstanding loans, and insurance payouts
- Selling or transferring estate property including estate auctions
- Paying estate debts including mortgages, funeral costs, and testamentary expenses
- Advising in regard to family and testamentary trusts
- Administering trust funds
- Distributing bequests and inheritances to beneficiaries
- Organising information for estate tax returns
- Mediation and negotiation