Estate Planning: Challenges to a Will
Join our team as we answer your FAQs about challenges to a Will. If you want to read a written version of these FAQs, click here. To watch the rest of our Estate Planning series: The Importance of Estate Planning Wills Financial Decision Making and Medical & Lifestyle Decision Making Estate Administration Superannuation The […]
Estate Planning: Wills
Join our team as we answer your FAQs about Wills. If you want to read a written version of these FAQs, click here. To watch the rest of our Estate Planning series: The Importance of Estate Planning Challenges to a Will Financial Decision Making and Medical & Lifestyle Decision Making Estate Administration Superannuation The […]
Estate Planning: The Importance of Estate Planning
Join our Andreyev Lawyers team as we answer your FAQs about the importance of Estate Planning. If you want to read a written version of these FAQs, click here. To watch the rest of our Estate Planning series: Wills Challenges to a Will Financial Decision Making and Medical & Lifestyle Decision Making Estate Administration Superannuation […]
Leaving a lasting legacy: how to gift money to charity in your Will
When clients sit down with us to talk about their Will, the conversation often turns to something deeper than assets and tax, it turns to impact, legacy, and the people and causes that have shaped their lives. Many of our clients want their Will to quietly keep doing good long after they’re gone, whether that […]
Estate administration: The executor’s commission in NSW
Q: Will I be paid for the work I do as an executor of a Will? A: It depends… Administering an estate as an executor can be a demanding and time-consuming role. You might find that you’ve had to deal with closing the deceased’s multiple bank accounts, selling real estate and other property, dealing with […]
Loan arrangements between family members and why evidence of intention is so important
People can be unpleasantly surprised when loan arrangements between family members, particularly between parent and child, are not enforceable at law. If you are lending money to your children (and who isn’t in this property market), there are no shortcuts, and you must be prepared to document, document, document… In the realm of financial transactions, […]
EP FAQ Part 6: Superannuation
We have said several times that super is not part of your estate – so you may be wondering why on earth superannuation is featuring as part of our EP FAQ series. There’s only one thing to do if you’re curious – read on! Why do I need to think about what happens to my super […]
EP FAQ Part 5: Estate Administration
There are a couple of things guaranteed in life, and death is unfortunately one of them. In Part 5 of our EP FAQ series, we explore what the legal afterlife looks like – otherwise known as ‘estate administration’. Can I get a copy of someone’s Will? Generally, your Will remains a private document until you […]
EP FAQ Part 4: Financial Decision Making and Medical & Lifestyle Decision Making
Now that we have addressed estate planning basics and Wills in the earlier parts of our EP FAQ series, what about addressing decision-making when you no longer have the ‘capacity’ to make decisions for yourself? Read on to learn more about critical and often overlooked ‘power’ documents. Why do I need to decide who will […]
EP FAQ Part 3: Challenges to a Will
In Part 3 of our EP FAQ series, we explore some common questions we get asked about Wills and estate challenges. If this is something you have been wondering about, read on! When can a Will be challenged? A Will can be challenged when there are doubts about its validity or fairness. There are two […]