Around Australia, many family lawyers are on a delicate mission: helping parents and grandparents navigate how to help loved ones financially while still protecting their assets if there’s a break-up…

The dirty laundry of a wealthy Sydney family has been aired in court during a battle over the colourful 90-year-old matriarch’s multimillion-dollar fortune…

Scott Pape from the Barefoot Investor has suggested that we all prepare a ‘fearless folder’ in the event of our untimely death, so that our family will know all our expectations and social media details not found in a traditional Will…

While more Australians are aware of the importance of having a will, simply buying a do-it-yourself will kit from a newsagent and filling it out yourself can cause more problems than it solves.
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For chartered accountant Kylie Parker, who is about the embark on her third marriage, making sure there is a record of what is brought into the union is top-of-mind…

Making a will is vital, but can cost from $150 to thousands of dollars, if you use professional channels. Here are some tips on how to do it yourself, with intense attention to detail…

The below list of related terms are by no means exhaustive, but they are a good starting point for anyone contemplating either beginning, ending or clarifying a important relationship that either involves us directly, or involves someone we care deeply about. ..

An elderly Chinese woman made a digital video recording of an oral statement of testamentary intentions, deliberately recorded as a “video will”, with an intention that it take effect as a will, but she did not alter her formal written Will. The Supreme Court was asked to determine the validity of this video Will. ..

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…