A Power of Attorney is a document with the legal power to allow one person to make decisions about another person’s finances or medical matters…

The South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) is calling for public submissions on whether there should be a state scheme for recording the location of, or securely storing, South Australians’ wills…

This is the case of notorious solicitor Michael Ryan, who had numerous lovers, many of them prostitutes, who have all made claims on his $8m estate as his de facto lovers, with varying degrees of success. ..

Files Stibbe Lawyers partner Dean Stibbe said he dealt with people all the time who were experiencing massive problems with their loved ones’ estates because they hadn’t made a legal will, power of attorney or other provisions…

WHAT happens to your super when you get divorced? In theory the super assets are included in a couple’s total balance sheet and split just like any other asset. The couple can do this by mutual agreement or the Family Court can enforce its decision on the couple…

You won’t be surprised to hear that the super laws surrounding divorce are complex, and self-managed super fund trustees are obliged to discharge their trustee duties impartially, as well as look after their own personal interests…

People who have not made a Will can do so at the Parramatta Salvation Army in Smith Street, for a fee/donation of $50 plus…

PEOPLE keen to gain a greater understanding of estate planning and how to ensure their affairs are in order are invited to a free public seminar on May 21…

The number of will disputes reaching the Supreme Court has shot up by almost 60 per cent since 2005, with blended families, entitled grandchildren and burgeoning estate values driving up the number of claims…

With one-in-three marriages in Australia ending in divorce, it’s important for parents to consider how estate plans are impacted if their child’s relationship ends…