A court has appointed an independent administrator to handle a deceased estate over the objections of one of its executors who deemed
Testamentary revocation of forgiveness of debt: can you or can’t you?
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Can the forgiveness of debt on the death of the lender that is documented in transactional documents such as a mort...
Court overturns elderly de facto’s FPA settlement terms: 50% share is enough
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An 81-yr-old pensioner who negotiated the Public Trustee’s consent to an increase in her share of her deceased partner’s estate had has the settlement
Outright gift or charitable trust: when is it better not to give?
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A gift to a charity by will can be accomplished in a number of ways. The gift can be of a specific sum, a specific ...
What sort of testamentary trust suits your family’s needs?
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A testamentary trust is an estate planning device that comes into existence after death by being created under the ...
Where’s the original? Court remedies lost trust deed with advice to bank to rely on copy
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A Supreme Court was recently asked to make orders dispensing with the need to produce an original Trust Deed and al...