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What is a Deed of Family Agreement?
What is a Deed of Family Agreement? Sometimes there may be issues inside a family, especially financial ones, that need to be resolved. Any agreement reached can be recorded in a legal document called a Deed of Family Agreement.A common example is where an elderly...
How Does Marriage, Divorce and Separation Affect a Will?
How Marriage Affects Your Will Under section 12 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW), marriage automatically revokes your Will—unless you made it in contemplation of that marriage. If you wrote your Will before marriage, it becomes invalid once you marry. To protect your...
The Ways Parents can Assist their Children to Buy a Home
The Ways Parents can Assist their Children to Buy a HomeThe fall in Sydney house prices is making it easier for parents to help their children to buy their first home. As a child will normally need to demonstrate to a bank or other lender providing mortgage funds that...
Do You Always Need to Apply for A Grant of Probate for a Deceased Estate?
Do You Always Need to Apply for A Grant of Probate for a Deceased Estate? Normally, where a deceased person has left a Will, the executor will have to apply to the Supreme Court of New South Wales for grant of Probate. This will involve substantial legal costs...
The Value of Enduring Powers of Attorney and Appointments of Enduring Guardian
The Value of Enduring Powers of Attorney and Appointments of Enduring Guardian Over the last few months I've had to visit a fair few people in hospital. Naturally, I hope these visits don't become more frequent! But it made me think, as we and our parents get older,...