Medical practitioners can administer urgent treatment, including treatment to save a person’s life or prevent serious damage to health, in the absence of consent. However, major medical or dental treatments that are not urgent require consent, and if the patient cannot provide consent themselves, the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) specifies the Person Responsible, who is […]
For many, superannuation is an investment that has compounded over their entire career. For this reason, it can represent a substantial sum and it is important that you control who receives the benefit of your superannuation in the event of your passing. When superannuation is paid after a person has passed away, it is referred […]
The recent decision in the case of Re Estate Miletic; Strbik v Strbik [2023] NSWSC 371 is a warning of the unnecessary and expensive litigation that can be avoided by a carefully drafted Will. In this case, the deceased Joseph Miletic died in 2015 and was survived by his two adult children, Josie and Pauline. […]
It may be an all too common complaint of children, particularly teenagers, that the rules of the world aren’t always fair. When it comes to estate planning documents, minors are treated differently in several ways to adults so they may have a point. Making Wills Section 5 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) dictates the […]
Residents with a long-term lease at a retirement village will in most cases not receive their exit entitlement from the village on the day they leave. Generally, you are not entitled to your exit entitlement payment until 14 days after a new resident has paid for or moved into the unit. If there is a […]
The best way to have an effective will, which shall be able to be used by those left behind to more easily complete your wishes, is to have a document that properly sets out your wishes and complies with legal requirements. Sometimes unfortunately life (or death), gets in the way and a person is only […]
The Supreme Court of NSW has launched a new online application service for uncontested Probate applications. The service can be used for uncontested applications for:- Notice One big change is the initial Notice. In the days before the online registry started being utilised in Probate applications, this notice would be published in the local newspaper. […]
In New South Wales you can appoint one or multiple people as your Power of Attorney. This will be the person or people making financial and legal decisions on your behalf if you are not able to make these types of decisions for yourself. If you appoint multiple people to act on your behalf to […]
The executor of a will or the administrator of a deceased estate has an important task to administer the estate of the deceased. This difficult task is often in addition to processing the grief of losing someone close to them. Engaging a solicitor to assist with a Court application for Probate or Letters of Administration […]
When you are amidst the planning and excitement of wedding planning, your Will is probably not making the shortlist of things to consider. However, it is important to know that the marriage is likely to impact your existing Will and requires consideration sooner rather than later. You have exchanged “I Do’s” and celebrated back down […]
