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...
by Reception | May 30, 2017 | Will Challenges
What is an unequal inheritance? There are a growing number of parents who are dividing up their estates unequally in their wills. Why is this happening and can they do it? Is an unequal inheritance unfair? We are society that expects equality. We expect it, but we...
by Reception | Apr 12, 2017 | Will Challenges
It’s a common scenario in fiction: a wealthy benefactor is murdered by those who will inherit the estate. Unfortunately, this scenario plays out in reality, too. Should the murderer receive the inheritance? Most jurisdictions don’t allow this to...
by Reception | Feb 2, 2017 | Will Challenges
What is meant by the term beneficiaries? Being the beneficiary of an estate is bittersweet. When someone dies, their assets can’t go with them. The people to whom these assets are given under the law are called beneficiaries. The hope is that a beneficiary will...