Wills, Probate and Estate-Planning Law

Advice and representation to individuals, families, trusts and companies on all aspects of wills and estate planning including:

• What to do when someone dies leaving a will;
• What to do when someone dies without a will;
• Drafting wills, powers of attorney and guardianship documents;
• Drafting all types of trusts;
• Assisting executors with all aspects of probate or letters of administration;
• Attending to the requirements of the Probate Court and the Supreme Court of NSW

Our experience includes:

• Applying for and obtaining probate in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner;
• Applying to the Probate Court for letters of administration where there is no will;
• Dealing with the deceased’s real and personal property;
• Dealing with the deceased’s tax returned and other outstanding debts;
• Distribution of the deceased’s assets;
• Interpreting and advising on complex inheritance laws;
• Running appeals in the Equity division of the Supreme Court of NSW in circumstances where provisions of a will have been held to be unjust.