Life & Succession Planning

• Wills
• Powers of Attorney
• Enduring Guardianships
• Testamentary Trusts
• Mutual Wills Agreements
• Advance Care Directives (“ACDs” or “Living Wills”)
• Self Managed Superannuation Funds (“SMSFs”)
• Superannuation
• Family Trusts
• Prescribed Ancillary Funds (“PAFs”)
• Deductible Gift Recipients (“DGRs”)
• Business Succession Planning

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Links

Life & Succession Planning

• “Making your Wishes Known”
• The Australian Organ Donor Register
• ​eClosure Wishes - FREE service by eClosure: "Protect Your Online Accounts - A will covers how you’d like the tangible assets that you own (money, house, car, etc.) distributed after you pass away, but in the current day, so much that we own is intangible. Your email account may hold more important confidential information than that locked drawer in your bedroom, and your Facebook account is likely to hold more family pictures than all your photo albums combined. Though you can add these things to a regular will, only eClosure will take the steps to make them accessible to your family, without them going through the grief of applying to each service individually."

Disputes

• NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Probate & Estate Administration

• Application for Death Certificate - Service NSW
• Online Registry - NSW Supreme, District and Local Courts
• Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW)
• Applying for a grant of probate - Supreme Court of NSW
• Forms - Supreme Court of NSW
• Filing Fees as at 1 July 2020 - Supreme Court of NSW
• Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) - Part 78 - Probate and Administration
• eClosure Online - FREE service by eClosure who "assists you in finding the different [online] accounts that belong to your deceased loved one. You don’t need to know passwords or which accounts the person held. Using basic information that you provide, [the eClosure] consultants are able to search for and identify online accounts..." This service also protects against identity fraud and theft. In addition, "PayPal and other online business accounts can hold significant amounts of money. [eClosure Assist assists you] in closing these accounts to prevent unauthorised transactions and recover money left behind by your loved one."

Estate Litigation

• Succession Act 2006 (NSW)
• Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)
• Supreme Court of NSW - Family Provision Practice Note No SC Eq 7
• ​Forms - Supreme Court of NSW
• Filing Fees as at 1 July 2020 - Supreme Court of NSW​

Contact Ludwig Lawyers

To find out about effective solutions to your legal problem, please call us on 0410 583 550 or send an email to info@ludwiglawyers.com.