Harry and his wife Patricia have been married for 20 years. They are an active young family with three young boys in primary school. Harry is a self-employed online marketing consultant who earns enough that Patricia doesn’t have to work, and …

When you die, Facebook used to give your family two options – either permanently delete the site, or make the site a memorial site. There were lots of issues involved with who had the authority to make that decision, and who …

A testamentary trust is technically any trust that arises after you die, based on your Will. It could be a minor’s trust, a life interest, or a more complex trust that could benefit your children throughout their lives. But when you …

If you have children, you can’t leave their future uncertain. Updating our Wills is usually the item on our ‘list of things to do’ that never gets done. Quite often, if our Wills aren’t up to date, or we don’t get …

This is a complex area because there are many forms that a trust can take. So I wanted to give you a basic overview of trusts and the family trust in particular. A family trust can be very useful for running …

This case study will illustrate what an estate proceeds trust is, and how it can be used when the Will was a basic Will that didn’t set up the trust itself. In this example, Nicole’s husband Daniel has died in an …

Death and taxes: often described as the two absolute certainties in life. But what happens when you die, and what taxes are payable? For now, in Australia, there is no death duty or tax payable when someone dies. We are lucky …

An executor is the person you appoint in your Will to administer your estate after you die. They are also known as your “legal personal representative”, and their role converts to the trustee of your estate, particularly if any of your …