Deceased Estates

June 15 is the United Nations internationally recognised World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  With an increasingly aging population elder abuse is predicted to increase and although much elder abuse goes unreported the World Health Organisation estimates that 15.7% of people who are 60 years or older living in the community...

SAT applications for guardianship and administration You may have heard about documents called an enduring power of guardianship and enduring power of administration. They are very useful estate planning tools that allow you to appoint another person (such as a spouse or child) as your attorney or guardian so that...

  Most Australians would not be familiar with the capital gains tax (“CGT”) event K3.  Any such readers can be forgiven for this, as the arcane rules surrounding CGT events can be difficult terrain for even experienced tax and estate planning professionals to navigate. This short article will highlight (in...

It can be difficult to know what to do when someone dies. See below for a simplified flowchart of the main steps you may come across. If you are an executor or administrator and need assistance at any point during the administration of an estate, do not hesitate to contact...

Finding out that you have been named as the executor of someone’s Will can be daunting and overwhelming. As an executor, you are responsible for paying outstanding debts, finalising financial matters and distributing the estate to the beneficiaries in accordance with the Will maker’s wishes. So what tips can we...