How to Prevent a Will Dispute, Like What's Happening to Bob Hawke's Will by Jacqui Brauman After his death, Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s family is in turmoil over his Will. Bob Hawke died in May 2019, [...]
Suspicious Wills: a reason not to do an at-home Will by Jacqui Brauman When someone elderly or sick makes a Will, and there’s no concern about them having doubtful testamentary capacity, there is an assumption that they [...]
Learn how to make a claim against a Will (or how to avoid one) by Jacqui Brauman Since a couple of years ago, Victoria has had narrow categories of people who are allowed to make a claim [...]
How to Cut Someone Out of Your Will by Jacqui Brauman I’ve had a few more people than usual who have asked how to cut one of their children out of their Will. My answer is: you [...]
Homemade Wills and Will-Kits by Jacqui Brauman Another homemade Will has just cost a family tens of thousands of dollars in Western Australia, with the family having to work out what the Will actually says in the [...]
Where there is a breakdown in a relationship between spouses, either married or de facto, the estate plan needs to be considered.
Who Is Eligible to Make A Claim Against My Will? by Jacqui Brauman From the start of this year, the legislation in Victoria in relation to family provision claims has changed. The new changes have significantly restricted [...]
A New Reason To Register Your Caring Relationship by Jacqui Brauman In Victoria, people have been able to register their domestic or caring relationship with Births Deaths and Marriages since 2008. A domestic relationship is virtually a [...]
I’ve had a few more people than usual who have asked how to cut one of their children out of their Will; how can they leave them nothing. My answer is: not with absolute certainty.
Previously, Victoria was one of the most flexible States in Australia for people making a claim against a Will. Now will disputes are restricted to a list of eligible people.
