Estate administration routinely involves dealing with:
• Should you get probate, and what does it mean anyway?
• What do you do if there is no will?
• How do you know if the will is valid?
• How do you handle superannuation and life insurance entitlements without suffering a huge tax penalty?
• Is a claim upon the estate by a disgruntled family member likely, and what should be done about it?
• When is it safe to pay out the funds to the beneficiaries, and when does the executor risk a personal claim?
• What do you do about creditors of the estate in Gold Coast?
• How do you handle partly completed matrimonial proceedings of the deceased?
• How should the business of the deceased be dealt with?
• Who do you contact to transfer the house?
• What does Joint Tenancy really mean?
• What do you do if the will gives away property that the deceased doesn't own?
• How do you handle a Family Trust when the principal dies?
When a loved one dies, there are a myriad of details to be sorted through. You need to collect in bank accounts, sell shares, transfer or sell real estate properties, inform government authorities – and all the while deal with the beneficiaries who all think the job is simple and “should be completed by now”. Then you have to worry about claims on the estate by family members or creditors.
Book an AppointmentExpertise: Special Counsel, Christine Smyth TEP is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Succession Law. Partner, Sean Powell TEP has a Masters Degree with a specialisation in Wills & Estates. They are supported by a team of lawyers who practice almost exclusively in this area of the law.
Experience: Robbins Watson have been helping clients for over 60 years.
Award-winning: Robbins Watson has been consistently identified and voted by our peers to be one of Queensland’s leading Succession Law Firms. In 2022, we were ranked as a leading law firm in the prestigious Doyle’s guide in two categories, being Wills & Estates Litigation and Wills, Estates and Succession Planning.
Book AppointmentA testamentary trust is a trust forming part of your will which only comes into effect upon your death.
Superannuation is now a major asset for most Australians, often the largest or second largest asset they have.
An advance health directive (AHD) is a formal way to provide detailed and specific instructions about your health care; such as certain medical treatments and end of life care; particular medical conditions; and religious or cultural beliefs.
We provide comprehensive legal support for the administration of deceased estates.
An enduring power of attorney is a legal document which enables you to appoint a trusted person to make decisions for you – particularly if, though accident or illness you lose capacity to make them yourself.
Your will is one of the most important documents you will ever sign. It is not something to put off doing, and not something you can do once, then forget.
Robbins Watson has been consistently identified and voted by our peers to be one of Queensland’s leading Succession Law Firms. In 2022, we were ranked as a leading law firm in the prestigious Doyle’s guide in two categories, being Wills & Estates Litigation and Estate Planning.