So you have made a Will but where exactly is it? In the top drawer? In the filing cabinet where all the “important documents” are kept? In a box in the shed since the last time you moved house? At the rubbish dump when it was accidentally disposed of in the clean up...Read More
Not only did one Mr James Tedesco sink the hearts of all Queenslanders with a last-minute try to clinch this year’s State of Origin Series, now those pesky southerners are trying to disrupt the estate plans of us Queenslanders!! The laws in New South Wales relating to...Read More
Summer in Australia is typically associated with sun, surf and cricket. The original Ashes urn, believed to contain the ashes of a burnt cricket bail, is presently in Melbourne, for only the third time in 137 years. For over a century, Australia and England have...Read More
People often hold great wealth within their self-managed superannuation funds and they are often amended and updated as circumstances and laws change. Keeping track of any changes is crucial so it’s important you know the answers to these questions: Where is the...Read More
This is the third article in our series detailing steps you can take to reduce (or perhaps entirely prevent) a challenge being made to your estate. As we have previously discussed, any estate plan involves understanding the important distinction between “estate” and...Read More
This is the second article in our series detailing steps you can take to reduce (or perhaps entirely prevent) a challenge being made to your estate. One crucial step, to take as part of your estate plan, is to properly deal with your superannuation. There is an...Read More
This week’s article is the first in a series detailing strategies a Will-maker can adopt to reduce the likelihood of (or perhaps entirely prevent) a challenge being made to their estate. Sadly, there are often disputes over the distribution of a person’s estate. This...Read More
In Queensland, there are three main categories of people who can contest a Will. The spouse, the child and the dependant. Families come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and with blended families being very common these days, the words “spouse, “child” and dependant”...Read More
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