A properly structured will ensures your assets go to the right people, appoints the right executor, and nominates guardians for minor children. Without one, legislation decides, often creating outcomes you would not have chosen. We draft wills that reflect your circumstances, including testamentary trusts and blended-family arrangements, and advise on superannuation death benefit nominations.
An Enduring Power of Attorney authorises people you trust to make decisions about your finances, health care, and personal matters if your capacity declines. We prepare powers of attorney that cover these decision-making areas. If someone has already lost capacity without proper documentation, we guide families through the tribunal process to appoint guardians and financial managers.
Executors need legal authority to deal with estate assets, and administration involves complex obligations across legal, financial, and tax matters. We secure Grants of Probate, handle liaison with financial institutions, and ensure assets are distributed according to the will or intestacy legislation. We work with executors and their accountants from probate through to final distribution.
We act for executors defending estates and for family members pursuing entitlements. This includes challenges to wills, family provision claims by spouses, children, and other eligible people, disputes over testamentary capacity or undue influence, and disagreements about care arrangements during someone's lifetime. We provide clear advice and the path to resolution.
13 May, 2026
Three significant changes from this week’s Federal Budget will affect how Australians hold and transfer wealth. Here’s what you need to ...
13 June, 2024
The ACT has enacted the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2023, allowing terminally ill residents to seek medical assistance to end their lives ...
19 May, 2023
Dying without a Will is known as dying intestate. The law sets out how a deceased person’s assets will be distributed if they die ...