MYTH:
“My Affairs are too simple to need a lawyer.”
FACTS:
Property -rights from domestic relationships can now arise in as little as 3 years
- Second marriages are increasingly common; complexities can arise from blended familie5, soaring property prices, business/investment structures and diminishing health eg obesity, cancer, diabetes, etc.
- risk of not having a WILL far outweigh the modest costs or inconvenience in having one properly drafted.
- It is dangerous to assume that your estate will automatically pass to your spouse or partner when you die in the absence of having made a valid WILL.
- In some cases, especially those involving domestic partners, those partners may receive nothing.
- Having this problem rectified and distributing your estate to people whom you intended to benefit may result in costly court proceedings that may take years to resolve.
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Author: Rod Genders
https://www.genders.com.au/ Rod Genders is a senior Australian lawyer specialising in Wills and Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration, Trusts and Guardianship and Inheritance Claims and Contested Estates in South Australia. His boutique specialist law firm, which was founded on 1848, is one of the oldest and most respected in Australia. Rod is an international author and speaker. Rod is the 3rd generation of Genders in the law and has been practising specialised law since the mid 80’s. For over 10 years he served on the Council of the Law Society of South Australia and is a senior member of its Succession Law Committee. For 8 years Rod was a founding committee member of the South Australian branch of the London-based Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and was the founding Chair of the international STEP Digital Assets Special Interest Group. For over 25 years Rod has chaired a private committee enquiring into the affairs of protected persons. He is a member of the Law Council of Australia, a member of the Notaries Society of South Australia and an associate member of the American Bar Association.
