Estate Planning, estates & contested wills

Do you have a plan in place for how you want your estate distributed when  you die?  Do you need  help and advice about preparing or updating your estate planning documents?

Don’t leave it until it is too late…

SouthCoast Property & Estate Lawyers specialise in practical estate planning advice and making sure your estate plan is appropriate and as simple as possible.

We can work with you, your accountant and financial planner to create a comprehensive plan and ensure that appropriate documentation is put in place.

We can assist with preparing:

• Wills

• Powers of Attorneys

• Enduring Guardians

• Testamentary Trusts

• Superannuation Binding Death Nominations

• Business and Farming Succession Planning

• Residential Care Agreements

Deceased Estates

For many executors and family members the death of a loved one is hard enough, without the responsibility of looking after the loved one’s financial affairs.  We can relieve some of this stress and pressure and make the process of managing the estate less daunting.

SouthCoast Property & Estate Lawyers can assist your family in making an application to the Supreme Court for a:

• Grant of Probate of a Will; or

• Letters of administration if there is no Will

Contested Wills

SouthCoast Property & Estate Lawyers can also assist if you have been left out of a Will or have not been adequately provided for in a Will and wish to make a Family Provisions Act claim.