Common questions about deceased estates and what executors need to do: Many people do not know where to start after the death of a loved one. Family members or close relatives will often not know where the last will is. Common questions about how to organise the probate are answered here: Was there a will? …
Family Law Discretionary Trusts Family Trusts Property Separation
24 June 2014
Family law orders can counteract fake transactions
Family Law Orders can counteract Fake Transactions Under Section 106B of the Family Law Act, the Family Law Courts have power to set aside, cancel (or restrain) the making of a transaction by a party to proceedings, which is made or proposed to be made to defeat the interest of their spouse/other party in those family law proceedings. …
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Contact Discretionary Trusts Elder Law Family Trusts Guardianship Inheritance Power of Attorney Property Refinancing Wills
6 June 2014
Legal and financial fraud on the elderly
Fraud upon the elderly is becoming more and more widespread and sophisticated. Presently there does not appear to be any unified Australian legislation which protects older people from this type of abuse. In a 2011 study conducted by the Crime Research Centre of the University of Western Australia its findings were that “misuse of Enduring …
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Contract Law Family Trusts Inheritance Joint Venture Prenups Property Refinancing Wills
27 May 2014
Wills and family agreements
WILLS AND FAMILY AGREEMENTS: WHAT CAN GO WRONG There are a significant number of generous parents these days who purchase properties for their adult children based on family “understandings” that are never recorded, only verbal. The agreement varies from family to family and can include arrangements anywhere from the parents legally owning the house, to …
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Business Law Company Contract Law Personal Securities Property Refinancing
5 May 2014
How can you check ownership of goods for business sale?
The New Personal Properties Securities Act 2009 (PPSA) explained How can you check ownership of goods for business sale? What is PPSA? The PPSA is legislation which changes the way security interests in personal property are dealt with across Australia. The PPSA rewrites the law on traditional securities such as mortgages and charges and will …
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