4 tips to help you reach an agreement if someone challenges a Will After someone dies, and there are members of the family who are not happy with the Will, there are ways to resolve this without [...]
Case study: why your is will is important We have recently been assisting a lovely family who were trying to sort out their late Sister/Auntie’s will. For the purposes of this case study, we will call [...]
Top 3 tips to keep the family together after a death The death of a loved family member, particularly when they are the glue that keeps the family together, can sometimes cause a family to fall apart. [...]
7 Important Things to Consider When a Will Could be Challenged When a family member passes away, sometimes there is anxiety about whether everyone will be happy with the contents of the Will. Instead of anticipating the [...]
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.
