by Reception | Sep 27, 2017 | Wills
What are the fundamental elements of an estate plan? When it comes to planning your estate, it’s common to believe that you only need to write a will, and that a will is a simple document listing your assets and who you want to receive those assets when you die....
by Reception | Sep 22, 2017 | Estate Disputes
Fighting over an inheritance can happen to anybody, especially siblings. Unfortunately, sibling disputes are the most common causes of will disputes. In the U.K., three siblings fought so bitterly over their mother’s modest estate of £120 000 that by the time...
by Reception | Sep 18, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Australia’s ageing population means that the pressure to care for an increasingly frail generation is mounting on nursing homes and their workers. The government is encouraging Australians to stay at home for as long as possible as they age, but this means that...
by Reception | Sep 13, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Be careful who you choose as the executor of your estate; sometimes the temptation to commit fraud can be too much. A jealous son who was sick of his brother being the ‘favourite’, was jailed for four years for cheating his brother out of a $1.5 million...
by Reception | Sep 8, 2017 | Wills
The Supreme Court of Queensland handed down a decision in which a statutory will was made for a 12-year-old girl. What is a Statutory Will? Section 21 of Succession Act (Qld) gives the court discretion to authorise a will to be made, altered or revoked for a person...
